7 Quotes by Ann Mayburn

..she unleashed the disappointed look all mothers had used to cower their children from the dawn of time.

I kept every emotion locked up tight inside. I knew Leo was deeply hurt by my silence, and I liked hurting him, liked sharing my pain. Misery loves company, and I was a big hole of darkness, drawing everyone around me into my despair.

After telling her how Mark had trained Honey to open the door to the fridge using a towel, and grab him a beer, I went to touch her, and like always, she flinched away before I could make contact.That, that flinch, was the only thing that gave me any hope at all.If my touch still had the power to hurt, it also had the power to heal.

I'll wait until we're both old and gray, chasing you around the retirement home while pushing my walker if that's what it takes.

Mules had nothing on me when it came to being stubborn.

Love isn’t about changing somebody; it’s about accepting who they are without reservation and bringing out the best in the other person.

Every civilization liked to believe they were permanent. Every powerful kingdom from the Romans to the Aztecs believed that their way of life would be the way the world worked forever. But forever was a long time and the essence of life was change and evolution.