Amber

“Usually, when there is a power struggle in a couple, and old childhood wounds are reopening, people tend to blame their partner for all the problems because blame is easier. If we blame others, we never have to look inward and take responsibility for our own stuff, which is exhausting and uncomfortable”
― Lena Derhally, My Daddy Is a Hero: How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer

“I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“Pre-date jitters turn my insides into a battleground. I feel like I might simultaneously throw up and pass out.”
― Isabel Sterling, These Witches Don't Burn

“The towering trees grew ever denser as she went, leaning in on her from either side, blocking out the sun—a twisted tunnel of branches and leaves and gnarled roots that felt ready to swallow her at any moment.”
― Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery