The Stepson Quotes

“books for the business, and forget there’s a whole”
― Jane Renshaw, The Stepson

“the noise of the traffic slowing for some hold-up ahead was drilling through her head, loud and aggressive-seeming; a child that suddenly ran after its mother on the pavement made her heart jump in her chest; the rain on her hair, on the sleeve of her sweatshirt, was somehow malevolent, as if deliberately targeting her, making her, ridiculously, want to cry.”
― Jane Renshaw, The Stepson

“People with mental health problems are often isolated not only because they withdraw, but because those around them instinctively do so too.”
― Jane Renshaw, The Stepson

“But when all’s said and done, you can’t make decisions for them. All we can do is hope to help. Their lives are their own, to do with as they will. And we have to accept that.”
― Jane Renshaw, The Stepson

“anger was so much easier than pain.”
― Jane Renshaw, The Stepson

“walking back along the track, Nick”
― Jane Renshaw, The Stepson

“wait”
― Jane Renshaw, The Stepson