Madeline

“At any time, I could have found out the address of my birth parents. I could have called them up, or hey, I could have gotten drunk and stood in their yard raving! But I didn't want to know anything about them. Why would I? Everything I did know hurt and I have always avoided pain-which is maybe why I've never married or had children. I don't mind being alone, except for, well...That night, after I'd hung up the phone, I made a cup of tea and busied myself with solving word puzzles. One stumped me. The clue was a double-goer, twelve spaces, and it took me the longest time and a dictionary to come up with the word doppelgänger.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Round House

“Be wary. Be clever. Be good.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“The only thing I trust about myself is how good I am with words. I can make anyone fall in love with me, as long as they aren’t close by.”
― Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party

“WHEN I SAY THAT WE ARE ALL TEEN GIRLS what I mean is that when my grandmother called to ask why I didn’t respond to her letter, all I heard was, Why didn’t you text me back? Why don’t you love me?”
― Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party