Taylor Bush

“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

“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

“No, sweetheart." I push a lock of her hair back behind one of her ears before I can consider it or consider why I'm comfortable doing it. "I'd wager he just knew you were too far about him, so he tried to bring you to his level. By making things that light you up seem dim to him.”
― Tarah Dewitt, Savor It