Jodi Tikkanen

“Take a person’s memories, and you change who they are.”
― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

“Aging does that; it makes you amenable to far more ambiguous feelings and opinions than the inflexible black-and-white thinking of youth.”
― Kathleen Tessaro, Rare Objects

“She had lived long enough to learn that families didn’t dissolve or reconfigure neatly, but left debris lying everywhere, and it was human debris. And sometimes, like tonight, she felt as if she were tripping over the bodies.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Come Home

“Because happiness isn’t made of fun. It’s made of solid, real things. It’s made of paychecks and clean clothing, and hot food and healthy children, and a man who can look you in the eye when he comes home because he has nothing to hide. It’s not so rare. In fact, it’s so common people don’t notice it. They look for roses when they should be looking for indoor plumbing.” Ma,”
― Kathleen Tessaro, Rare Objects