April Snider (Michaels)

“The innocence of such children doesn't answer our deepest questions about this vale of tears to which we are condemned, but it helps to dispel them. That is the secret to family life.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Accursed

“I'm sure all that you've heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Accursed

“That's not me talking, it's your inner voice. I'd attempt the accent, only I don't speak low self-esteem. It's a language I've never needed to learn.”
― Sophie Hannah, Kind of Cruel

“The dilemma is, in the United States, each penniless citizen believes that, with luck, he might become a millionaire; and so doesn't want to put restraints on "robber barons"-he might become one one day!”
― Joyce Carol Oates, The Accursed