Maddy

“She said to me, "This is fun."
"It weirdly is," I said.
"Maybe these are our salad days."
"Huh?"
"You know. Happy."
"What's happy about a salad?"
She shrugged. "Ranch," she said.”
― Terry Pratchett, Nation

“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”
― Lu Xun

“I consider my work optimistic in that the people, during the period I’m writing about them, are experiencing intense emotion. It is my belief that this is all there is to it.”
― Don Carpenter

“I opened a book and in I strode. Now nobody can find me.”
― Julia Donaldson