Elizabeth

“That is the difficult part of growing up. It doesn't happen within the clear boundaries or landmarks set for it. Growing up happens whenever it wants to, in fits and starts and all over the place.”
― Beth Lincoln, A Dictionary of Scoundrels

“The point of the Nights is that if you spend time with each other--if we really listen in the parlors of our minds and look at each other as we were meant to be seen--then we would fall in love. We would marvel at how beautifully we were made. We would never think to be villain kings, and we would never kill each other. Just the opposite. The stories aren't the thing. The thing is the story of the story. The spending of the time. The falling in love.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

“Even a very little girl can wield a slide rule”
― Hope Jahren, Lab Girl

“Let's go downtown," Dad said. "By the public library. You never know what wild and crazy things might be happening at the library.”
― Marion Jensen, Almost Super