Adria Marbus

“Suddenly, an idea swooshed into his marsupial brain like a small propeller plane buzzing a crowd. ‘Why didn’t I think of that?”
― Sara Pascoe, Oswald the Almost Famous Opossum

“Because the students were needed in the fields from early spring when the cotton was planted until after most of the cotton had been picked in the fall, the school adjusted its terms accordingly, beginning in October and dismissing in March.”
― Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

“The paved path at Bald Hill always felt more like a promise than a trail—broad, human, predictable.”
― D.L. Maddox, Killer

“The Green Judges, most of them decidedly miffed, grumbled out one by one, though I got a wink and a thumbsup from Washington.”
― Gary Clemenceau, Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity