Beard in Hiding (Winston Brothers, #4.5)

by Penny Reid

“The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.” Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“There is a time in our lives, usually in mid-life, when a woman has to make a decision - possibly the most important psychic decision of her future life - and that is, whether to be bitter or not.” Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

“You look like you don’t know whether to check your ass or scratch your watch.”

“Midlife: when the Universe grabs your shoulders and tells you, ‘I’m not f-ing around, use the gifts you were given.’” Dr. Brené Brown

“It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.” Oriah, Mountain Dreamer

“Mrs. Miniver suddenly understood why she was enjoying the forties so much better than she had enjoyed the thirties: it was the difference between August and October, between the heaviness of late summer and the sparkle of early autumn, between the ending of an old phase and the beginning of a fresh one.” Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver

don’t want to have to know how to kick butt. I want people to listen to me, to my words, I want them to mean something. Why can’t a woman’s words count for more than a man’s violence?”