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“I am a grown woman-- mostly-- and I can guzzle champagne with whomever I choose.”
― Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

“Aperitifs, digestifs, and cocktails are remarkably fashion-sensitive and have the same ups and downs in popularity as hemlines.”
― Cheryl Mendelson, Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House

“The moon looks wonderful in this warm evening light, just as a candle flame looks beautiful in the light of morning. Light within light...It seems to me to be a metaphor for the human soul, the singular light within that great general light of existence.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

“[Fairies] had faults, but they were perfectly themselves. Vidia, for instance, who was the fastest flier, didn't care about anybody but herself. She was by no means perfect, but she was perfectly Vidia. Fairies were concentrated, like bouillon cubes.”
― Gail Carson Levine