Refined Quotes

“I remember how abandoned I felt when my mom chose her husband over me. I remember my hurt and pain, the heart-stretched longing to have her stand up for me and say, “Don’t you dare lay another finger on my daughter again. Don’t you dare.”
― Tracie Breaux, Refined

“The worlds in the books casually stripped the darkness from mine, layer by layer, until all I could see was hope. They sucked the thickness out of the air and ripped the gray right out of the clouds. Each day that my life felt heavier and oppressed, I picked up a book and crawled into the safety of its pages. I hoped that one day my life would be like all the lives in the books––fated for a happy ending.”
― Tracie Breaux, Refined