“It felt dangerous, that feeling, something she couldn't control, that got bigger even as she tried to banish it, to tell herself that these were the feelings that hurt you eventually, that destroyed lives, that needed to be ignored. She'd followed her heart once, when she was too young to know how completely a heart could be shattered.” LoveHeartbreak Book:Little Darlings Source: Little Darlings
“Drink makes you more truthful, I've heard." "No, it doesn't do that," said Joanna. "It makes you self-destruct.” TruthPainDrinkingAlcoholSelf Destruction Book:The Hidden Source: The Hidden
“Whatever her family setup looked like after this, Leonie would be changed by it, like the roots of a sapling encountering a rock, and growing differently for ever. But maybe that was just life; maybe that's how we all grow.” LoveGrowthFamilyGrowing UpChildhoodRoots Book:The Hidden Source: The Hidden
“And she realized, then, that she'd stopped thinking and speaking of Ruby as her sister altogether. She was a mother, and her child needed her. Perhaps for the first time, she knew she would be there, no matter what; she was the only person who could do it. And it felt completely right.” LoveChildrenParentMotherhoodNeedBe There Book:The Hidden Source: The Hidden
“She was still waiting for the rush of love. That one you feel, all at once the second they’re born, like nothing you’ve ever experienced before. The rush of love that people with children always go on about. She’d been looking forward to it. It worried her that she hadn’t felt it yet.” ChildrenMotherhood Book:Little Darlings Source: Little Darlings
“No one ever seems to get that I need to be alone sometimes.” Solitude Book:Little Darlings Source: Little Darlings
“Look at someone every day for long enough and you stop seeing what everyone else sees. You start to see what no one else sees, what is kept hidden from most people.” LoveRelationshipsMarriage Book:Little Darlings Source: Little Darlings
“They'd been playing house, but it wasn't a game either of them liked.” LoveTryingPainRelationshipsAttemptingDysfunction Book:The Hidden Source: The Hidden
“I loved her once, you know. I still do, as the mother of my child. But when someone's ill, and you become a carer, it can kill it dead, even if you don't want it to.” LoveChildrenRelationshipsCaringParentsSickness Book:The Hidden Source: The Hidden
“But you tell yourself stories, don't you? Convince yourself the truth is different, because it hurts too much to admit it. That's how we all get through the day, every day, constructing our own little illusions of a never-ending life, of a reality that we have the power to control.” StoriesTruthPainHurtDenialReality Of LifeControlTruth Of LifeIllusionsLoss Of Control Book:The Sight Source: The Sight