Star

“Stop looking over at the fireplace, keep your eyes to me, Jessie,”
― Claudia Carroll, Personally, I Blame my Fairy Godmother

“She’s not frightened. At her age, there’s little left to fear save death, and even death brings the haunting scent of something new and unknown. An enticement of what might come next.”
― Eliza Maxwell, The Caretakers

“MY MEMORIES OF THE UNIVERSITY faded quickly. The scratch of pencils on paper, the clack of a projector moving to the next slide, the peal of the bells signaling the end of class—all were drowned out by the clatter of iron and the roar of diesel engines. After a month in the junkyard, BYU seemed like a dream, something I’d conjured. Now I was awake.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“He’s no fairy tale king.”
― Rina Kent, Cruel King