June

“we were reading The House on Mango Street—and at the time it made sense. We are a continuum of human experience, neither the worst nor the best thing we have ever done. Or, more exactly, we are both the best thing and the worst thing we’ve ever done. We are all of it, all at once, all the time.”
― Monica Wood, How to Read a Book

“I should refuse anyway because I promised Miss Whitecross, but I would find it a great deal harder if he were civil. I do not care to be bullied. Well, I don’t suppose anyone does, but I have been accustomed to it, and it has only very recently dawned on me that I can refuse.”
― K.J. Charles, How to Fake It in Society

“Because owning books shouldn’t be a privilege of the rich. I want to print good books in a way that the masses can afford them. A poor man needs the escape far more than a wealthy man does.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Suddenly You: A Passionate Historical Romance Where One Bold Night Transforms Into an Irresistible Marriage

“The notion of a husband whose legal and social authority completely eclipsed her own…intolerable. In any disputes that arose between them, the last word would be his. He could take away all her earnings if he chose. And any children they might have would be considered his property. Amanda knew that she could never willingly give another person such power over herself. It wasn’t that she disliked the male sex. On the contrary, she thought them rather clever for having arranged things so clearly to their advantage.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Suddenly You: A Passionate Historical Romance Where One Bold Night Transforms Into an Irresistible Marriage