Julia

“She understood the need to retreat behind a book, to create a physical barrier between you and the world. She’d been doing it for years, seeking refuge in other people’s stories.”
― Barbara Davis, The Echo of Old Books

“I wouldn’t change any of it. If I could walk through a door and undo all of this, I wouldn’t. Do you understand?”
― Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow

“My fingers tapped the steering wheel as the road grew narrower, my mind sifting through each thought. I knew what I was doing, throwing myself down one rabbit hole to keep from falling down the other. I was distracting myself from what was happening. And deep down, I knew that it didn’t matter how deep the hole went. Eventually, I was going to hit the bottom.”
― Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow

“He was a crack in a dam, a man who’d gone hungry.”
― Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow