Sarah Murphy

“The human brain is wired to cope with grief. It knows even as we fall into unfathomably dark places, there will be light again, and if we just keep moving forward in one brave straight line, however slowly, we’ll find our way back again.”
― Josie Silver, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird

“My mama say education will give me a voice. I want more than just a voice, Ms. Tia. I want a louding voice,” I say. “I want to enter a room and people will hear me even before I open my mouth to be speaking. I want to live in this life and help many people so that when I grow old and die, I will still be living through the people I am helping.”
― Abi Daré, The Girl with the Louding Voice

“When you get up every day, I want you to remind yourself that tomorrow will be better than today. That you are a person of value. That you are important.”
― Abi Daré, The Girl with the Louding Voice

“Perhaps this is not a question of staying out of trouble, Your Grace. Perhaps this is about deciding on which side of history you want to be.”
― Evie Dunmore, Bringing Down the Duke