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“They say blood is thicker than water. I say to hell with that. If blood mistreats you, better water. And if friends prove false, no matter, find better or be alone and be your own best friend.”
― Soniah Kamal, Unmarriageable

“But this hard work, let me tell you. He been there so long, he don’t want to budge. He threaten lightening, floods and earthquakes. Us fight. I hardly pray at all. Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

“But is this how he’s going to spend the rest of his life? Giving up huge parts of himself to care for a woman who is just a shell of the person he married? I understand he made vows, but at what cost? His entire life? People get married assuming they’ll live long, happy lives together. What happens when one of those is cut short, but the other is expected to live out those vows for the rest of their life? It doesn’t seem fair. I know if I were married and my husband were in Jeremy’s predicament, I wouldn’t want my husband to feel like he could never move on. But I’m not sure I’ll ever be as obsessed with a man as Verity was with Jeremy.”
― Colleen Hoover, Verity

“They say curiosity killed the cat, but that was only the tenth time. During his other nine lives, the cat relished in the boons of his curiosity.”
― Michaela Chung, The Year of the Introvert: A Journal of Daily Inspiration for the Inwardly Inclined