" Because hating George is who I am now!" Regina said, slapping her palm on the table to stress the point, and causing Lena to jump. "My anger, my disgust, is everything to me! These past years, I aint gave a damn about hardly nothing. I aint took care of myself, or my house. But I took good care of my hate for my husband. I nurtured it, kept it feeling new, looking shiny. It’s the most well-kept thing I own. "
― Mia McKenzie , The Summer We Got Free