Mara

“The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things: Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

“You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what’s burning inside you. And you edit to let the fire show through the smoke. ARTHUR PLOTNIK”
― Judy Reeves, A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life

“Always learn poems by heart. They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like fluoride in the water, they'll make your soul impervious to the world's soft decay.”
― Janet Fitch, White Oleander