Monisha

“At that moment, Oliver realized that home is not a place, but rather, the people who love you.”
― Jodi Picoult, Between the Lines

“What Karen wants to do - needs to do - is cry, but she can't. Here, alone, when she could howl, beat the sofa cushions, scream; now, somehow, she is unable. It's for fear that if she gives in to it, she'll lose all sense of who she is. She is afraid that if she falls apart in private, then she'll fall apart completely. That if she crumbles, like a house in an earthquake, she will disappear down some deep, dark crevasse, and never be able to pull herself out and put herself back together again.”
― Sarah Rayner, One Moment, One Morning

“She was drawn to damaged souls like a moth to a flame. ”
― Anna McPartlin, Apart from the Crowd

“She loves. And she doesn't know how to pull it back when you have to, because sometimes you sure as feck have to. Got to grab it up with both hands and pull it back before somebody turns into knives and uses it to cut you to pieces.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Iced