Paula

“That’s the beauty of books, isn’t it? Books give us the chance to live a life not our own and enjoy the joys of life, cry through the sorrows, and worry about the dangers without ever leaving the comfort of home.”
― Mary E. Thompson, Big & Beautiful Boxed Set #2: A Small Town Curvy Girl Romance Collection

“If I want a different, more positive, more attentive, more passionate kind of love, then I have to be brave enough to stand up for myself and ask for it. Demand it, even. And not settle for anything less than what I want and need for myself. But, she realised, I also have to be open to receiving love in my body as it is right now. Not ‘one day’, when I finally decide that I’m worthy of it. I have to go after what I want right now, instead of just hoping that it will happen to me eventually. And if I get hurt in the process, then at least I can say that it wasn’t because I didn’t try. I have to choose, and then fight for, my own happiness.”
― M J Duff, Heart of Doolin: Emerald Isle Trilogy - Book 1

“the dress sense of an eighties swagged and ruffled floral curtain.”
― Lynne Graham, Promoted to the Greek's Wife

“That’s a horrible thought.” “Is it, though? I like to think of life as a journey of learning. We’re not supposed to be perfect, and we can’t be, even if we try our hardest. The equivalent of being human is being flawed, right?”
― Jacob Chance, Fooling the Forward