Robin

“Her mother’s private feelings, she would realize later (with no small amount of shame), were of no real concern to her. She only cared about what her mother gave to her and what she withheld.”
― Leslie Parry, Church of Marvels

“It’s not until a woman gets loose and comfortable inside her own skin that she’s comfortable wrapping it around a man.” Mina”
― Meredith Blevins, The Hummingbird Wizard

“Michael is easier to understand—he had to believe in Caroline. To betray a friend was despicable—to acknowledge that he had done so for a woman who was utterly unworthy”
― Mary Jo Putney, Thunder and Roses

“These past years have caused my heart to become untethered. There are no more scraped knees to kiss, soft curls to smooth back, hungry minds to feed with an opened book, a discovery in the forest, a speck of water on a piece of glass under the microscope. And there is no warm flesh to reach for in the middle of the night when the light of the full moon breaking in through the window causes one’s eyelids to flutter open.”
― Lake Union Publishing, Henry and Rachel