Sandra Arenas

“I remember an aunt saying sagely, "The good die young." Not exactly a motivation to behave yourself.”
― Connie Willis

“History was indeed controlled by blind forces, as well as character and courage and treachery and love. And accident and random chance. And stray bullets and telegrams and tips. And cats.”
― Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog

“I was flying out to Connecticut for the express purpose of breaking up with my boyfriend and I bought this set of three paperbacks to read on the plane and by the time I got to New Haven I was so worried about Frodo and Sam that I said to my boyfriend, “It’s awful. They’re trying to sneak into Mordor and the Ringwraiths are after them and I don’t trust Gollum and …” and I completely forgot to break up with him. And, as of yesterday, we’ve been married thirty-nine years.”
― Connie Willis, The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories

“but you know the minute I graduated high school I never looked at a single math problem again, right? I send everything with numbers on it to my accountant, or I make Michael deal with it.” “Great. Spoken like a true feminist,”
― Meg Cabot, Royal Wedding