5 Quotes by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Even after your heart breaks into a million pieces and your baby is gone, l am here to tell you all around you the world will still go on spinning. People might even say kind words to you and think you are listening but mostly you won't hear anything because your too busy collecting each of those tiny pieces of your heart. Wrapping them up into a safe corner of yourself, so you can find them again later.

Take this because sometimes you just have to hold on to whatever you can.

She smiles as if the memory is a peppermint stick and she's licking it, slowly savouring every bit.

I hope she’s never smiled at anyone like that before.

Dad?" But he's still looking out the window, not at me. I walk over and lean my head against his shoulder. His green raincoat is wet and smooth and stinky, like an orca's nose. He smells of salt and wind and more love for me that I probably deserve. He pats my hair and, as if he's talking to the ocean, says, "You should have just asked.