I feel scalded inside. Like, third-degree burns. But no one can see them. (Fliss talking about her divorce.)

“I'm allergic to family occasions. Sometimes I think we'd do better as dandelion…”

“It’s the way he had a cup of tea waiting for me when I woke up. It’s the way he…”

“Above all, staring at my old bedroom ceiling, I feel safe. Cocooned from the wo…”

“It doesn’t matter’, she says, her voice soft. ‘Don’t beat yourself up for not k…”