Amanda Del Brocco

“Will it be that as I get older all the things that I'm figuring out now and thinking are so right... all... all will have holes in them? Is that what getting old means? That you realize what a dope you were when you were young?”
― Betty Smith

“Each time you love—be it a man or a child, a cat or a horse—you add color to this world. When you fail to love, you erase color.” She smiles. “Love, in any of its forms, is what takes this journey from a bleak black-and-white pencil sketch to a magnificent oil painting.”
She touches my cheek. “It’s the sweet fruit that paints the field and wakes our senses. I’m not saying you must be on a constant quest for it, but please, if love comes to you, if you find it within your grasp, promise me you’ll pluck it from the vine and give it a good looking-over, won’t you?”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Honestly, Bessie? People don't care about anyone but themselves. They don't notice anything. They are never looking at what's interesting. They're always looking at themselves.”
― Kevin Wilson, Nothing to See Here

“Everything there is in the world, she thought, is in books. She smiled at the book and said, "Hello David.”
― Betty Smith