Julia

“But then, when Emmy and Teddy graduated from college, Teddy wore this dark green dress that just…Never mind. The point is that I know Teddy is pretty. Beautiful, even. But beautiful like a lion or an elk or any other large and dangerous animal. Beautiful to look at, but you didn’t want to get too close because it’d rip your throat out or trample you or spear you to death with its giant horns.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“Clementine Ryder and Theodora Andersen are written in the stars,” I said with a chuckle. “Doesn’t get more cosmic than that.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“And Teddy—our lion—might be the only person I know who loves as fiercely as you do.” Cam was speaking to a part of me that most people didn’t know existed—the part that desperately wanted to love and be loved.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed

“It’s okay to love her, Gus. It’s okay to want her. It’s okay to want. You have so much love to give, Gus. I see it in the way that you love our daughter and in the way you care for your family—me included—and I just want you to have someone who can love you back the same way.”
― Lyla Sage, Lost and Lassoed