“ Is that not always the case? Given any two people in a relationship, one will always love more, the other less. Right? Jill Alexander Essbaum
“ Even the ugliest swan is still more beautiful than the loveliest crown on the fence, Anna thought Jill Alexander Essbaum
“ But pain is an impatient customer. It wouldn't be long before it demanded attention. Jill Alexander Essbaum
“ There is a correlation between the severity of a person’s moods and a lack of self-knowledge. Jill Alexander Essbaum
“ Solitude was her anchor. A familiar misery, and anymore the safest, most sensible approach. Jill Alexander Essbaum
“ No one is promised a tomorrow. She had been wrong about every man she loved or said she loved. She’d been wrong about everything. She’d entered into her life in the middle of its story. She had confus… Jill Alexander Essbaum
“ Let’s get you one, Anna.”“A lover?”Edith rolled her eyes. “No. A fucking houseplant. Yes, a lover.” Edith smirked. “It’ll cheer you up! Jill Alexander Essbaum
“ Ghosts,” Doktor Messerli continued, “aren’t always the spirits of the human dead bound to the earth. A ghost can be the residual feeling that follows an act you have accomplished but feel bad about. O… Jill Alexander Essbaum
“ Walling herself off circumvented the risk of real closeness between two people and the eventual, unavoidable loss that always accompanies love. Liberating herself from the concern of others served a s… Jill Alexander Essbaum
“ A mistake made once is an oversight. The same mistake made twice? An abberation. A blunder. But a third time?" Doktor Messerli shook her head. "Whatever's been done has been done to an end. Your will… Jill Alexander Essbaum
“ There are no accidents, Anna. Everything correlates. Everything connects. Every detail bears a consequence. One instant begets the next. And the next. And the next. Jill Alexander Essbaum
