53 Quotes by Corey Ann Haydu

I see my mother exactly as she is – sad and strong, tense and trying.

Death always feels far away from life, until it isn’t.

Even the worst things about Devonairre Street are better than the rest of the city.

We’re all a little broken, on the sidewalk. On the street. In the city.

We are our mothers’ daughters, are we not?

Like Christmas trees and Easter egg hunts and the block party on the last day of summer, we do things because traditions feel cozy and safe.

Sometimes words I think are small come out big.

We don’t smile, but we something. We something. It hurts, the way a deep connection to someone who isn’t yours sometimes does.

It sounds like love just sort of happens, whether you want it to or not, whether you’re married or not.