Phebe Lienhard

“Messages are the death of an honest literary transaction with children”
― Maurice Sendak in William Zinsser's book of essays

“Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the second time during their press conference, the clicking sounds of the cameras was deafening.”
― Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

“Good-bye, Harry, wherever you may be … never has it been more clear to me that the part of my life which you occupied is over forever … I could not be further away from you if I were on the moon … how odd to think of one’s life not as chapters in a book but as complete volumes, separate and distinct.”
― Jim Fergus, One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd

“One’s child is the great treasure one will ever admire, but never own. You are the part of me that transcends time and carries my love with it.”
― M.R. Noble, Dark Eyes: White Lies