Nicole Brown

“Humans who insist opportunity is not a pie have usually enjoyed the majority of slices.”
― Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland

“Fools and their money are soon parted,”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

“When it was time to decide the official food of movie-watching, human beings did not go for Fig Newtons or caramel, foods that are silent, but popcorn, the loudest sound on Earth.”
― Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland

“As I rise from the table, it occurs to me that part of what I feel, watching them, is a sense of betrayal. I carried these children into the world, paid their entrance fee with dues rendered upon my own body, and now they no longer need me.”
― Ariel Lawhon, The Frozen River