Ellen Vanderbye

“Bubbly is bogus.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Pretties

“Whistler,' Manet called. 'How's your mother?”
― Christopher Moore, Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art

“I know so many last words. But I will never know hers.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“The idea hovered and shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, and she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. But she was familiar with the way of ideas, and she let it shimmer, looking away, thinking about something else.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass