Olga

“Sometimes I feel like I've been waiting for someone to tell me when I can be normal again,' she said. 'I keep thinking I'll get a letter. Or a call. When does it happen?'

Pete looked like he wanted to walk toward her, but then he fell back against the car. The staring contest between them for almost a minute, and finally Pete exhaled loudly.

It's okay,' he said.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Key to the Golden Firebird

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Lecturing Brooks was as useful as lecturing a cat.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Key to the Golden Firebird

“Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.”
― Maureen Johnson