" 'In my family,' she said, 'striped mint bush isn't for healing. It means love forsaken.' Ruby studied her face for a moment. 'Forsaken. Healed.' She shrugged. 'Fine line, isn't it?' "
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
a novel by Holly Ringland
"Books are time travel. True readers all know this. But books don't just take you back to the time in which they were written; they can take you back to different versions of yourself."
Eight Perfect Murders
a novel by Peter Swanson
Reading stories can be very revealing and that is the purpose of this special page. READING RX is a selection of quotations straight out of some of the books I have enjoyed.
These quotations can be interpreted in many ways, depending upon different life experiences. Take each quotation and think about the meaning it has for you. This will be an enriching exercise and may even promote growth and well-being!
Please visit often, as new quotations from novels and memoirs appear periodically for your READING RX pleasure.
"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end."
The Maid
A novel by Nita Prose
"It was amazing, the effect a father had on a person. A father was the benchmark that told you what to expect. What to accept. And, perhaps most importantly, what to believe about yourself."
The Younger Wife
A novel by Sally Hepworth
"All these years sh'd thought she had no friends, and the whole time he had been there for her every single day: kind and patient and loyal. How had she been so blind?"
The Last Chance Library
A novel by Freya Sampson
"That's what parenthood was about, wasn't it? Slowly understanding your child less and less until she wasn't yours anymore but herself."
You Will Know Me
a novel by Megan Abbott
"I didn't understand the magic of those words then, and I don't understand it now. I know only this: that when my mother told me she had not been the mother to me that she wished she'd been, she became that mother for the first time."
Educated
a memoir by Tara Westover
"A wall, after all, isn't just about keeping others out. It can also be for trapping people inside."
The Lying Game
a novel by Ruth Ware
"Dog is my co-pilot"
from the magazine, The Bark
Janice Shapiro, MA, LMFT California Lic #86051
Psychotherapist for Marriage, Individual and Family Happiness
"We forget all sorts of things that no one helps us remember."
The Last Thing He Told Me
a novel by Laura Dave
"The stories write us, you see. We read something that moves us, touches us, speaks to us and it...it changes us."
The Wishing Game
a novel by Meg Shaffer