Polly Hillier

“And a mother without children is not a mother at all, and if I am not a mother, than I am nothing. Nothing. I am like sugar dissolved in a glass of water. Or, I am like salt, which disappears when you cook with it. I am salt. Without my children, I cease to exist.”
― Thrity Umrigar, The Space Between Us

“You confuse what's important with what's impressive.”
― E.M. Forster, Maurice

“You must never check for a person's pulse using your thumb, or you'll feel your own heartbeat. Actually, I plan on doing that if I'm the one who's here when Ruth dies. I plan on giving her my heartbeat before I let her go.”
― Elizabeth Berg, Talk Before Sleep

“There has been, is, and always will be every conceivable type of person.  ”
― E.M. Forster, Maurice