Maureen

“The fact that his ire was aimed not at them, but at some nearby object that confounded him didn’t make it any easier to ignore; for quiet people, raised voices are experienced as a kind of aggression even when directed elsewhere.”
― Clare Chambers, Shy Creatures

“People who care about each other don’t hurt each other or make each other feel small.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Fire

“My mother had modeled for me early on that the quickest route to unhappiness was to pay too much attention to anyone’s disapproval, particularly someone that you barely knew.”
― Laura Dave, The Night We Lost Him

“I liked being pregnant. I was good at it. Joe and I had decided that two was the right number of children, but once we’d had them for a while, we wanted more….a terrible extravagance we could in no way afford, but we did it anyway.”
― Ann Patchett, Tom Lake