Colleen Earle

“As a child, I thought that war and peace were opposites. Yet I lived in peace when Vietnam was in flames and I didn't experience war until Vietnam had laid down its weapons. I believe that war and peace are actually friends, who mock us.”
― Kim Thúy, Ru

“Not all friendships are meant to last, I suppose. Not ever with books”
― Erin Wunker, Notes From a Feminist Killjoy: Essays on Everyday Life

“Of course he won my heart. Many children did. I often thought that I should have liked children of my own if it were not for the undignified manner of getting them.”
― Jean Plaidy, Queen of This Realm

“Still, when I think of early friendships, I think not of people but of books. Books were my friends, and more often than not, the characters in the books were my imaginary friends, who stepped out of the pages and walked wth me to school or sat in bed with me, talking when I was meant to be asleep. What I mean is reading was my friends. And also I mean that I learned about friendship - patience, slowness, listening, care - from reading and from reading about friendship between people.”
― Erin Wunker, Notes From a Feminist Killjoy: Essays on Everyday Life