Irma Yonkers

“Madlen came to sit beside her on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It's the mother's job to protect the child. By allowing your mother to protect you, you gave her a gift. Do you understand me?”
― Kristin Cashore, Bitterblue

“Why is it you get more tired from sitting and doing nothing than from running around doing too much?”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“No, I don't love Max anymore. But I don't want to give you this broken, empty me. I want you to have me when I'm full, when I can give something back to you. I don't have much to give right now.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

“You know,” he said, “at some point you’re going to realize that being a smart-ass isn’t as much about being smart as it is about being an ass.”
― Garth Stein, A Sudden Light