Marsha

“To listen to a person is not passive.”
― Elizabeth Strout, Anything Is Possible

“They are only bats, nothing more," Mother said.
Father whispered to me alone, "These are no ordinary bats. These are mice who swim with the stars.”
― Eowyn Ivey, To The Bright Edge of the World

“How much could a heart hold?
... The goat was in his heart, too. Seemingly, the heart could hold an untold amount of things--letters and people and goats and bees.
Seemingly, there was no limit to what it could contain.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

“An enemy has to be defeated in battle, but an adversary’s different. You must outwit an adversary.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman