Heather Quotes

“You are capable of extending kindness and empathy to strangers, why not to the woman who raised you?"
Callie kicks her sneaker through the sand. "Because we're hardest on them. Because they have to be perfect.”
― Caitlin Mullen, Heather

“But I think . . . I think
the thing is, it is something that she did, but also something that
happened to her. A tragedy she made, and one that she’s a victim of.
Does that make sense? I don’t think anyone feels more pain over this
than she does. She’s not a monster. She was practically a kid herself.”
― Caitlin Mullen, Heather

“Not especially pretty, but she always said she liked
Pine Barrens heather because it was hardy and unique to where you
lived. She used to cut the longer branches and arrange it in mason
jars on the kitchen table. Bright and strong, like my girls.”
― Caitlin Mullen, Heather

“It’s that
time of night when the sun is setting but she can’t make it out other
than in the way the light shifts from behind the trees.”
― Caitlin Mullen, Heather