Lauren

“That her greatest achievement should be to sacrifice herself at the altar of her husband’s dreams was the myth that bound so many women into slavery. Why be an artist when you can be my muse?”
― Evie Woods, The Violin Maker's Secret

“two people who obviously had feelings for each other but had decided (as humans do) to over-complicate the entire endeavour with thoughts. Thoughts about the past, the future, themselves and why they were profoundly unlovable.”
― Evie Woods, The Violin Maker's Secret

“there came a point when you’d been so sad for so long, and so repeatedly, that you couldn’t actually bear telling people anymore. When it felt like you were retelling the same story.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Cherry Baby

“Sometimes you wash the spoon, sometimes the spoon washes you, so be sure and put a apron on.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club