Delphine Larive

“Reading Plato should be easy; understanding Plato can be difficult.”
― Robin Waterfield, Republic

“But I hurt you." His voice grows quiet. "I wish that I hadn't.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

“The owner of the Post Office was called Maurice. A sixtyish-year-old with a large red nose that was pebble-dashed with broken capillaries, and a smooth bald head with a fuzz of grey hair around the side like the tide mark on a dirty bath. He had a gruff manner, distrusting eyes and a cough like kicked gravel.”
― R.D. Ronald

“Go and make yourself useful, since you are too big to be ornamental.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women