Ellie

“Her grandmother had once told her that one could blame ugliness on one's genes and ignorance on one's education, but there was absolutely no excuse whatsoever for being dull.”
― Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost Things

“For Beatrice,
I cherished, you perished,
The world's been nightmarished.”
― Lemony Snicket, The End

“And the rest is rust and stardust.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

“Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.”
― Marisha Pessl, Night Film