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“And she is aware too how very convenient it is to have found someone she wants to marry just at the moment in her life when getting married is expected of her. It is a relief not to have to marry someone for the sake of it, or to have to make a stand and marry nobody at all.”
― Nell Stevens, Briefly, A Delicious Life

“In life my mother had ably shielded me from rejection, from the callous and cold detachment of this man. And I had been safe with her warmth to sorround me. But in dying, she coukd not absorb this hurt for me anymore.”
― Bella Mackie, How to Kill Your Family

“Sometimes he's just a comfort blanket I take for granted. But he's also the only person I know who could break my heart. I find it all confusing really, always pushing him away and pulling him towards me.”
― Bella Mackie, How to Kill Your Family

“There have been a few moments like that on my journey - times when I've wondered if God is telling me to get off this road and embrace a different life. But then I remember that I don't believe in God and that if he does exist, then he gave me this life to begin with. What would he know?”
― Bella Mackie, How to Kill Your Family