Matilda

“If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“If you think about someone you've loved and lost, you are already with them. The rest is just details.”
― Jodi Picoult, Leaving Time

“Although I maintain that if she were more perfect, she would be less interesting.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“The moral of this story is that sometimes, you can attempt to make all the difference in the world, and it still is like trying to stem the tide with a sieve. The moral of this story is that no matter how much we try, no matter how much we want it … some stories just don’t have a happy ending.”
― Jodi Picoult, Leaving Time