What Lies Beneath the Tide Quotes

“Sarah shrugged. “We were young and dumb. Over time, we wanted different things. He wanted kids and a grand house with a white picket fence. I didn’t. Something about being stuck in the suburbs with a family seemed like a prison sentence to me. I wanted color and excitement. I wanted passion. Eventually, we grew apart until we finally split.”
― Daphne Parker, What Lies Beneath the Tide

“In reality, it’s not about makeup at all—it’s about envy. 

It’s about control.

If she can paint me into something else and cover up my natural beauty the way she hides hers, we will finally be the same. Men will drift their eyes to her instead of lingering only on me, and she will no longer see me as competition in a game I don’t even want to be a part of.”
― Daphne Parker, What Lies Beneath the Tide