Lauren

“She wondered if it was the same for everyone else. Did they too have a dividing line in their lives, clearly marking the before and after? The person they were before and the person they’d had to become to survive the aftermath? And if you couldn’t love this new version, how could you expect anyone else to?”
― Evie Woods, The Violin Maker's Secret

“two people who obviously had feelings for each other but had decided (as humans do) to over-complicate the entire endeavour with thoughts. Thoughts about the past, the future, themselves and why they were profoundly unlovable.”
― Evie Woods, The Violin Maker's Secret

“Because when you called bullies to account, they weren’t likely to back down. They were more likely to put their hands around your neck and choke you.”
― Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

“Her validation had always come from the outside and so when she could ascertain no hint of how she was being perceived, she wasn’t sure if something was good or bad.”
― Evie Woods, The Violin Maker's Secret