“I don't need you to be mad that it happened. I need you to be mad that it just like... happens.” ― Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

“I often said the wrong thing–wake up, shut up, grow up. These are the wrong things to say when people are sad about some minor cruelty or sentimental incident.” ― Conviction by Denise Mina

“There is always a way out of a situation. Might be ugly. Might leave you feeling like the earth had gone and shifted under your feet. But there is always a way around.” - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

“If you were to come to Headquarters and see a woman in a smart green tweed suit following a man into his office or a woman wearing red heels and a matching angora sweater at reception, you might've assumed these women were typists or secretaries; and you would've been right. But you would have also been wrong. Secretary: a person entrusted with a secret.” ― The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott

“That was the problem with a place like this: Everything was right out in the open, including the life you could never have.” - The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda

“All these tiny sacrifices to make us appear more lithe and ladylike—the female of the species. The weaker sex. Secretly, they toughened our hides, sharpened our edges. We were tougher than we looked. The only difference was that now we were finally letting on.” ― Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

“I’m not a woman who bears grudges, broods over disagreements or questions other people’s motives. Neither do I feel compelled to win an argument at any cost. As with all rules, of course, there are exceptions.” - The Cactus by Sarah Haywood

“We were a chocolate-box family, I thought. Brightly wrapped on the outside and oozing sticky darkness within.” ― The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse. I am not a muse. I am the somebody. End of fucking story.” - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

“For onlookers, it must have been an Oscar-worthy sixty-second silent movie. From now on, if anyone asks me if I’ve ever fallen in love at first sight, I shall say yes, for one glorious minute on 21 December 2008.”  - One Day in December by Josie Silver

“How did you teach your small human that it’s what’s inside that counts when the truth was everyone was pretty preoccupied with what you put on over the outside too?” - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

“Most of what she knew, she'd learned from the wild. Nature had nurtured, tutored, and protected her when no one else would.” ― Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens