Leslie Teal

“Fred, George, Harry, and Ron were the only ones who knew that the angel on top of the tree was actually a garden gnome that had bitten Fred on the ankle as he pulled up carrots for Christmas dinner. Stupefied, painted gold, stuffed into a miniature tutu and with small wings glued to its back, it glowered down at them all, the ugliest angel Harry had ever seen, with a large bald head like a potato and rather hairy feet.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”
― Lemony Snicket

“grown-ups are nothing more than teenagers with money.”
― Deborah Coonts, So Damn Lucky

“in 1326, an ill-fated laborer by the name of Richard the Raker fell into a cesspool and literally drowned in human shit.”
― Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World