Delphine Felps

“Blessings and worry, happiness and fear – this is a mother’s love.”
― Lisa See

“The boats raced towards each other like mounted knights bearing lances.
They would hit like Somalian pirates, swiftly and under the cover of darkness.”
― Marilyn Dalla Valle, Westwind Secrets

“Everything in the least connected with him has value for me; if someone even mentions his name it is like a little present to me--and I long to mention it myself, I start subjects leading up to it, and then feel myself going red. I keep swearing to myself not to speak of him again- and then an opportunity occurs and I jump at it.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“I’m a young man, trained to do what is necessary, but all the training in the world can’t prepare you for the first time you have to kill another human being or see a buddy get blown apart. No, I’m not tough… I’m scared.”
― Michael Zboray, Teenagers War: Vietnam 1969