Emilie

“Supposedly, children are resilient. But Joan suspected this was merely something we tell ourselves because we are terrified they are just as delicate as we are.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“How strange that she always wanted to be home, Sammie thought—because when she finally got there, it felt like she was being smothered under a pillow.”
― Kristen Arnett, With Teeth

“Joan knew then that Donna was not an idiot. And the Beatles were not nonsense. And that there had always been a place for her in this world. She had just been walking past it over and over again, never noticing that there was an unmarked door, waiting for her to discover it.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“What she didn't know what whether his apparent ease was a coping mechanism or an act to settle her, assuage her turmoil. Either way, unlike her, he certainly didn't try to control every aspect of life to make up for the fact that life was anything but controllable.”
― Charlene Carr, Hold My Girl