Tammy > Tammy's Quotes

“I think that love is more like a light that you carry. At first childish happiness keeps it lighted and after that romance. Then motherhood lights it and then duty . . . and maybe after that sorrow. You wouldn't think that sorrow could be a light, would you, dearie? But it can. And then after that, service lights it. Yes. . . . I think that is what love is to a woman . . . a lantern in her hand.”
― Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand

“Life does often get in the way of one's reading.”
― Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

“Everything...affects everything”
― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake