Alex

“You should know, of course, that there are only two kinds of mothers in stories, and if you are a mother, you are either wicked or you are dead.”
― Ava Reid, Juniper & Thorn

“What was it with married people, especially ones with kids? They always thought they had it harder than everyone else, and they always thought that having kids meant they were doing something heroic.”
― Erika T. Wurth, White Horse

“If we cannot live entirely like human beings, at least let us do everything in our power not to live entirely like animals,”
― José Saramago, Blindness

“We’re really going to get old, he thought. It’s really true. No one’s going to make an exception for us. She’s on her way… and so are we.”
― Stephen King, Pet Sematary