Alice

“Fine things had colors with evocative names--I knew this from reading Vogue, McCall's, and other magazines. common things were tan, blue, or white, but fine things were eggshell, cobalt, cafe au lait, ivory or cream.”
― Ann Leary, The Foundling

“If you want to get on with life, there's things you have to ignore, so you can keep on.”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These

“All those things one once had and took for granted become so precious when we lose them, and then we are sorry for not acknowledging them and not making the most of them.”
― Rachael Cerrotti, We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration

“I have never met a grown man who, when thwarted like a child, doesn't act like one.”
― Ariel Lawhon, The Frozen River