Maria

“We'd been trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

“People shout when they don't have the vocabulary to whisper.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“A good parent prepares the child for the path, not the path for the child.”
― Jen Hatmaker, For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

“Leaning against my father, the sadness finally broke open inside me, hollowing out my heart and leaving me bleeding. My feet felt rooted in the dirt. There were more than two bodies buried here. Pieces of me that I didn’t even know were under the ground. Pieces of dad, too.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory