Nona

“For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened - then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“I look for the words, Professor. I look for the words because I believe that the words is the way to your heart.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Sunset Limited