A Bird in Winter Quotes

“I know you prefer to be an absence than a presence,’ she said then. ‘Because when you’re an absence you’re in control, aren’t you? You’re the one who gets to decide when you come and go. And you have all the satisfaction of knowing you’re being thought about but none of the bother of commitment, or being considerate to somebody else’s feelings because that’s actually quite—”
― Louise Doughty, A Bird in Winter

“Inaction doesn’t feel like a decision, just postponement while you make the right decision: but not making a decision is often the worst decision of all.”
― Louise Doughty, A Bird in Winter