Brittany Barratt

“After my mom died she ate my father up completely. She would have hated it. Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence, every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against. And when I was young I didn't understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird. If I had to live on without you I know I could not do it. But I hope, I have this vision of you walking unencumbered, with your shining hair in the sun. I have not seen this with my eyes, but only with my imagination, that makes pictures, that always wanted to paint you, shining; but I hope that this vision will be true, anyway.”
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

“She now knew that it was possible to love two people at once—because you could love them in different ways.”
― L.J. Smith, Dark Visions

“God,' he said, voice deep, raspy. I fought a smile. 'Are you praying to me, Gus?”
― Emily Henry, Beach Read

“But there is one thing you must remember, if you forget all else. There is no good or evil, save in the way you see the world. There is no dark or light save in your own vision. All changes in the blink of an eyelid; yet all remains the same.”
― Juliet Marillier, Daughter of the Forest