Scarlet Oak Quotes

“My footsteps know the mountain, a rhythm born from soul.”
― Angie Weiland-Crosby, Scarlet Oak: A Novel

“When you reach for what feels impossible, you grow into a beautiful version of what is possible.”
― Angie Weiland-Crosby, Scarlet Oak: A Novel

“A baby takes you, Willow. Who-you-once-were—the baby takes it—and in its place, another-you forms. And you may fight it. You may moan. You may cry. You may think it’s hardly fair. But only time will help you see that the another-you formed is, in truth, the you-that-was-meant-to-be, and then you won’t even be able to stand alone in your skin, the love is so fierce . . . this new mother-skin, with all the same parts inside but none of the same parts. All soaked and blessed in the love that only comes from giving to a child that took from you.”
― Angie Weiland-Crosby, Scarlet Oak: A Novel

“You see, dear, it’s like autumn outside. Autumn knows a mother’s heart. It gives and then lets go. Motherhood is all about giving and letting go. And mostly, the child takes.”
― Angie Weiland-Crosby, Scarlet Oak: A Novel