Gretta Abbate

“The village is perched on a precipitous hillside, and the houses are built in tiers, one up behind the other, the floor of one level with the roof of the next. The whole village looks as if it were just about to slide into the depths of the valley below.”
― Mary Stewart, My Brother Michael

“Her house is the nest where she hides the joy, laughter, sorrows, and regrets of her life.”
― Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women

“At times he entertained the dream. Two men can defy the world.”
― E.M. Forster, Maurice

“My toe as a lethal weapon!”
― Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books