Hadeel

“Neither one of us talks, the way people sometimes don’t when they are happy – but as soon as I have this thought, I realise its opposite is also true.”
― Claire Keegan, Foster

“there were days I wrote get out of bed in my planner just to be able to feel like I’d accomplished something.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age

“Mourning is a bitch. And it’s a process. You’re just not finished with it.” “That’s the point,” she said. “I think I am. At least I want to be. I am so sick and tired of waking up feeling like someone tore off one of my limbs. Every morning, for just a few seconds, I forget. I wake up and it hasn’t happened yet. There’s nothing but emptiness and calm. And then it comes crashing down and I hate it. I hate it so much.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age

“Because she doesn’t apologize for anything. She had a rotten start in life, but she’s made the best of it. She lives on her own terms. She knows who she is and what she wants, and she does what she is good at. And she has a good time doing it.”
― Deanna Raybourn, Killers of a Certain Age