Wild Heart Quotes

“He wasn’t like a tree that I could hack off and be done with. He was seeded into me, a stubborn weed that mingled with other growth, sprouting when better parts of my life were in full bloom. I would dig him out at the root then, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t return again and again and again.”
― Laurelin Paige, Wild Heart

“Had I really made it seem like everything I did was for him? On the one hand, that was what a parent was supposed to do, wasn’t it? My father certainly hadn’t, and I’d promised myself I wouldn’t be like that, but maybe I’d gone too far in my efforts and put a different sort of weight on my child’s shoulders.”
― Laurelin Paige, Wild Heart

“It’s important to realize the past doesn’t have to define you, but burying and forgetting wasn’t really moving on.”
― Laurelin Paige, Wild Heart

“There were just so many elephants in between us, it was hard to navigate without hitting at least one.”
― Laurelin Paige, Wild Heart