Linda

“A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.”
“That’s only three.”
Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.”
― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins

“I don't know a better preparation for life than love of poetry and a good digestion”
― Zona Gale

“Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

“Very few of us are what we seem.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Mist