Casey

“And since that time I have thought, why is it that women have chosen to sew such flags, and then to lay them on the tops of beds? For they make the bed the most noticeable thing in a room. And then I have thought, it’s for a warning. Because you may think a bed is a peaceful thing, Sir, and to you it may mean rest and comfort and a good night’s sleep. But it isn’t so for everyone; and there are many dangerous things that may take place in a bed. It is where we are born, and that is our first peril in life; and it is where the women give birth, which is often their last. And it is where the act takes place between men and women that I will not mention to you, Sir, but I suppose you know what it is; and some call it love, and others despair, or else merely an indignity which they must suffer through. And finally beds are what we sleep in, and where we dream, and often where we die.”
― Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

“But no matter what happens, life is only a series of days. You can’t control more than a single day.”
― Lucy Foley, The Guest List

“Few things are more painful than watching one’s parents grow old; witnessing the strength ebb from a person one once believed immortal, seeing it replaced by an irrevocable fragility.”
― Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

“There’s death in life, Anna, things too impossible to bear. So many things, and yet we bear them.”
― Paula McLain, When the Stars Go Dark