Donna Pardue

“The enemy was irony and truth and hypocrisy, that was the real enemy. That was the enemy that was killing him.”
― James McBride, Miracle at St. Anna

“If she doesn't speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn't try, she can lose her chance forever.
-An-mei”
― Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

“Who but an English professor would threaten to kill a duck a day and hold up a goose as an example?”
― Richard Russo, Straight Man

“She was busy thinking about the concept of forgiveness. It was such a lovely, generous idea when it wasn't linked to something awful that needed forgiving.”
― Liane Moriarty, What Alice Forgot