Donna

“The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page”
― Rachel Anders

“I came to Oxford looking for a Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience. I chose to experience a lifetime.
I know that one day he will lose to the waterfall, slip behind its turbulent curtain forever, lost to me like something out of a fairy tale. But in our story, there's no villain, no witch, no fairy godmother, no moral imperative or cautionary conclusion. No happily-ever-after.
It just is. It's life.
The water keeps flowing as we come and go.
We were never forever, Jamie and I. Nothing is in this life. But if you love someone and are loved by someone, you might find forever after.
Whatever and wherever it is.”
― Julia Whelan, My Oxford Year

“Why hasn’t a hip alliance emerged that’s concerned about what happens to our intellectual health, our country, and, yes, our happiness when we consume empty-calorie entertainment?”
― Guinevere de la Mare, I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers

“Beneath the outward signs of deterioration, the same spirit dwells and looks on with dismay at the devastation the years have wrought.”
― Vicky Zimmerman, Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies