Taylor Bush

“I believe it's either that, or . . . or you decide that in the present and how it makes you feel in those tiny moments, because you can't possibly know when it'll all go away.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Savor It

“I object to this notion that it would be my highest purpose, or my only purpose. Because I don’t think it is. I think that I . . . I matter. A woman matters, married or not, children or no children. I matter, just as I am, right now. I’m a whole human being.”
― Evie Dunmore, The Gentleman's Gambit

“Why is it that someone hugging you and holding you together can make you feel like you're about to shatter?”
― Tarah Dewitt, Savor It

“If I were the only person in the world,” she said to the ceiling, “how would I even know I was a woman? Who would tell me? Who would make me? I would just be me. Why can’t I just be me?” The earl was quiet for a moment. “An interesting hypothesis,” he then allowed. “But no one is ever just themselves.”
― Evie Dunmore, The Gentleman's Gambit