Alexandra

“They danced to beat back the fear. They danced after hearing someone else they knew had died in a foreign land or was reported missing in action. They danced to be so exhausted they could sleep. They danced to shut off the voices, the questions, the uncertainty.”
― Ellen Byerrum, The Brief Luminous Flight of the Firefly: The 1940s Prequel to THE CRIME OF FASHION MYSTERIES

“Mother Theresa once said that what hurt people more than poverty or illness was feeling that they weren’t needed.”
― Jude Deveraux, The Mulberry Tree

“My soul will find yours.”
― Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor