Cressida Young

“We write in response to what we read and learn; and in the end we write out of our deepest selves.”
― Andrea Barrett

“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose.”
― Neil Gaiman

“I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, "Hi." They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word.”
― Augusten Burroughs

“Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have.”
― John Grisham, The Rainmaker