Janelle

“Such was the cyclical nature of Galway life: finding tragedy in the simple things and simplicity in the tragic things.”
― Rhian J. Martin, A Different Familiar

“People are like mussels. You can put them in a vat of boiling water, and some of them will pop open immediately. Some of them will have to float around in the water for a bit, then they’ll slowly release. Others never open up at all, no matter what sort of hot water they’re in.”
― Rhian J. Martin, A Different Familiar

“Are guilt and regret not messages from inside of us, letting us know that our moral compasses have been recalibrated and are pointing in the right direction?”
― Rhian J. Martin, A Different Familiar

“She supposed this was the real definition of a mother – a woman who willingly allows her heart to break over and over again for her children.”
― Rhian J. Martin, A Different Familiar