“write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway.”
― Portrait in Sepia
― Portrait in Sepia
“She believed that owning a lots of things made you a better person. She didn't know - possibly didn't want to know - that happiness comes from the inside.”
― Marshmallows for Breakfast
― Marshmallows for Breakfast
“Well, you know what grown-ups are,' said Dinah. 'They don't think the same way as we do. I expect when we grow up, we shall think like them - but let's hope we remember what it was like to think in the way children do, and understand the boys and the girls that are growing up when we're men and women.”
― The Island of Adventure
― The Island of Adventure
“The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn't grow in rich soil but in stony land; the plant, with a mother's obstinacy, overcomes obstacles to thrust its roots deep into the ground and take advantage of every drop of water. That, my grandmother explained to me, is how flavors are concentrated in the grape.”
― Portrait in Sepia
― Portrait in Sepia
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