Iva Pucillo

“Mom, please don't use 'the happy voice.' It reminds me of the day Tinkles died."
"Who was Tinkles?" Sue asked around a mouthful of pancake.
"My cat. When I was five, Tinkles died choking on a mouse that was a bit ambitious for a kitten to eat."
"It was terribly traumatic for Aurelia because it was the first time she'd experienced loss." 
"What did you do to help her get through it?" 
Rosalind smiled at Mother Guardian. "Well, after a good cry, we performed an autopsy."
Aurelia reached for her mother's hand. "I never thanked you for that.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

“It ate at whatever was warm nearby, and then the coldness settled in permanently. You learned to live with it”
― David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars

“Us noughts and you Crosses.’ I shook my head. ‘It makes it sound like … like you’re in one place and I’m in another, with a huge, great wall between us.”
― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses

“Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't.”
― Roald Dahl, Danny the Champion of the World