Sharon Page

“Nursing is not for everyone,” Miss Perkins said. “You see every facet of life—birth, death, illness, healing, trauma, madness, despair, joy. To take all that in demands both an iron constitution and a gentle soul. That’s the type of woman we’re looking for. That’s what matters.”
― Amanda Skenandore, The Nurse's Secret

“One thing I believe completely is that the human heart remains the human heart, no matter how our material circumstances change as we move together through time.”
― Geraldine Brooks, Year of Wonders

“Fear of this,” I choked, and touched my cheeks. “Fear of breaking. Of weeping. Of grieving. There is a lifetime of grief inside me. It is in my chest and in my belly. It is in my head and in my arms. My legs ache with it. My feet too. It is beneath my skin and in my blood, and I can’t . . . hold . . . anymore.”
― Amy Harmon, A Girl Called Samson

“How little we know, I thought, of the people we live amongst.”
― Geraldine Brooks, Year of Wonders