Leah Brown

“A part of every girl is poised to defend herself, long before she knows why she might need to.”
― Clare Mackintosh, The Last Party

“Hitler had a bet that his youth, deliberately raised for this moment in his totalitarian society, would outfight the soft, spoiled children of democracy. Hitler lost that bet.”
― Stephen E. Ambrose, D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of WW II

“The old ways had a dark side." The janitor calls after him, "So do we, Mr. Stahl, and now there's nothing to remind us.”
― Blake Crouch, Perfect Little Town

“We are undone by the specificity of our dreams. Reality can never live up to the shining edifices we forge inside our fantasies: Life, in all its confusing complexity, is destined to be a disappointment in comparison. The lottery winner discovers that the riches don’t equal happiness; the longed-for baby is colicky and sour; losing fifty pounds still doesn’t bring you love; winning the election doesn’t trigger societal change. Life is a constant emotional calibration, then: the tiny adjustments we make every day as we come up against our discontents. We ride this seesaw, between hope and disenchantment, seeking some sort of equilibrium.”
― Janelle Brown, What Kind of Paradise