Laurelyn

“Round the front door, like a wreath, another vine was simply swarming with startling berries of lilac, turquoise, and blue, each shining pearly globe spotted like the eggs of the song thrush. The leaves were a leprous variegated green. “Ampelopsis,” Dogger said. “Sometimes called the porcelain vine.”
― Alan Bradley, The Golden Tresses of the Dead

“It’s obvious that we need inexpensive and safe care for young Americans; this was clear to Congress nearly thirty years ago when it passed the Child Development Act of 1971. This act would have created a national network of child-care centers with parent fees set according to income. Here’s why I say would have: Though busy with the Watergate scandal and the impending loss of his job, President Nixon somehow found time to veto the Child Development Act.”
― Gavin de Becker, Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe

“The world can be an interesting place to a girl who keeps her ears open.”
― Alan Bradley, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd

“you vent your foul and vulgar jeers upon the ideas of goodness and truth because you have not the strength to follow them.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Lady with the Dog & Other Stories