Maddie

“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
― Nora Ephron

“Every grain of experience is food for the greedy growing soul of the artist.”
― Anthony Burgess

“Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.”
― Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

“Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.”
― Richard Russo