Izzy

“You don’t exist to make them feel better. That isn’t your role. It isn’t your responsibility.’ ‘But that’s what you do when you love someone. You support them. You help them. You make them feel better.’ ‘Not at the expense of your own happiness. Your own health.”
― Alex Stone, The Good Patient

“Have you heard of Facebook?’ she asks. I roll my eyes. Has anyone not heard of Facebook? ‘I’m eighty-six, I’m not dead.”
― Laura Pearson, The Last List of Mabel Beaumont

“He called his mother on the car phone and reassured her he was okay. She told him to call his father, he was the worried one. Myron called his father and reassured him he was okay. He told him to call his mother, she was the worried one. Great communication. The secret to a happy marriage.”
― Harlan Coben, Deal Breaker

“When her favorite coffee place on the corner was closed for a week, she could barely function. And it wasn’t for lack of caffeine. There was no shortage of coffee shops in the city, but none of them were hers. She’d been in a bad mood all week.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café