Charlotte

“Children's books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place.”
― Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

“Because I want to know! Sometimes, you can use what you know, but that's not what counts most. I want to know everything there is to know. Not because it's any use, but for the pleasure of knowing, and now I demand that you teach me everything you know, even if I will never be able to use it.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“If you're always aiming for perfection, you won't make anything at all.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“For women devoted to the good of others never seem to worry about themselves. Their life is ascetic, their generosity boundless, day after day their altruism devours them and sometimes they succumb to depression... It is dangerous to be good...No such danger threatened Orlanda, that is certain.”
― Jacqueline Harpman