The Secret Hook-Up (The Copper Valley Thrusters, #6)

by Pippa Grant

She wasn’t allowed to be. She had mouths to feed and bodies to bathe and clothe and endless laundry to run, and my father thought that since he made more money, he didn’t have to do any of those things. And she willingly spent her life sacrificing her own happiness for the sake of everyone else’s. I

“You are not and never were a problem. You’re a human being who’s been hurt and who’s been through things that make you wary. That’s life. I am not a problem now, and I wasn’t a problem then either. But my refusal to acknowledge that you needed to go slower than I did was a problem. My action was a problem. Not me. And you needing to go slow isn’t a problem.”

This is going into my quote book.

“From this moment forward,” I say, “you can go to bed every night knowing someone likes you for you. All of you. Your drive. Your intelligence. Your passion. Your independence. Your body. Your heart. All of you. And I will destroy anyone who makes you feel like you don’t deserve that. Understand?”

This one is also going into my quote book.

recognize the link between the expectation of perfectionism for girls and their unwillingness to ask for help.

This one hit home so hard, I cried.