Mackenzie Virginia

“She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

“Dogs don't censor themselves. Maybe animals were smarter than people. The dog was so happy. My mom and dad too. It felt good to know that they loved the dog, that they let themselves do that. And somehow it seemed that the dog helped us be a better family.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“You're reaching too far," Jegud said. "Looking for things that aren't there." He noticed Jeremiah's shoulders, slumped and beaten, and he felt sorry for him. "Your life isn't a storybook, Jeremy. Don't try to make it one just for a happily-ever-after.”
― Anna Waggener, Grim

“My purpose, my whole life, had been to love him and be with him, to make him happy. I didn’t want to cause any unhappiness now—in that way, I decided it was probably better than he wasn’t here to see this, though I missed him so much at that moment the ache of it was as bad as the strange pains in my belly.”
― W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog's Purpose