Tyi

“When you are old and grey and full of sleep,” he repeated over the chuckling, “and nodding by the fire, take down this book, and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; how many loved your moments of glad grace, and loved your beauty with love false or true, but one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, and loved the sorrows of your changing face.”
― Amy Harmon, What the Wind Knows

“She wore her pain like a crown, wore broken like a doll and damaged like a warrior.”
― Anne Malcom, Birds of Paradise

“Men forget to treat women with tender affection and platonic encouragement. Lust was no worthy substitute for pure care.”
― Giana Darling, Welcome to the Dark Side

“I can’t imagine all men love their women the way I love Anne. If they did, the streets would be empty, and the fields would grow fallow. Industry would rumble to a halt and markets would tumble as men bowed at the feet of their wives, unable to need or notice anything but her. If all men loved their wives the way I love Anne, we would be a useless lot. Or maybe the world would know peace. Maybe the wars would end, and the strife would cease as we centred our lives on loving and being loved.”
― Amy Harmon, What the Wind Knows