Madie Berndt

“She might not have been the tallest or the bravest, but she was a good listener-- she had to be, if she wanted to learn important things. From experience, Claire knew that the biggest bits of news were often told in the quietest of voices.”
― Kamilla Benko, The Unicorn Quest

“Go be absolutely, positively, fucking angelic.”
― Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces

“Let us be foolish, then, because if we save even one life, we are the best of fools.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

“Tragedy has a way of breaking gentle things and soldering the shattered pieces together in ways we can't control. Some, it remakes into stronger, more resilient creatures. In others, the pieces fuse before they heal, leaving only razor-sharp edges. I can offer you no other explanation or excuse for the way she's cut you over the years.”
― Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished