Gretchen Treadwell

“The craggy lines that made up the character in his face now seemed like scars of defeat, inflicted on him over time.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

“...bleak territory of the heart.”
― Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper's Daughter

“A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.”
― Mark Twain

“An activist is someone who cannot help but fight for something. That person is not usually motivated by a need for power or money or fame, but in fact is driven slightly mad by some injustice, some cruelty, some unfairness, so much so that he or she is compelled by some internal moral engine to act to make it better.”
― Eve Ensler