Maya

“Twenty-five years,” Mum says, glancing over her shoulder with a smile. “And it’s all about compromise, I’d say.”

“Like how you always let Dad watch the telly after dinner and you tidy up?” I say, raising my eyebrows.

“Exactly. He cooks!”

“But you do all the thinking about what to make,” I point out. “And the shop.”

She frowns. “We each do our fair share.”

There is no point talking to my mother about mental load. For her, Dad is the ultimate modern man because he irons his own shirts.”
― Beth O'Leary, The Road Trip

“Men. They always ruined it by opening their mouths.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Games

“Love as a bargain. Like, giving up your heart is scary, but doable if the other person does it at the exact same moment, like two soldiers lowering their weapons.”
― Beth O'Leary, The Road Trip

“i would happily watch the world go up in flames if anything happened to her, and if that's not enough for you, you can go to hell.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Believe Me