Ana

“I think sometimes that people are like onions. On the outside smooth and whole and simple but inside ring upon ring, complex and deep.”
― Karen Cushman, Catherine, Called Birdy

“Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life.”
― Karen Cushman, Catherine, Called Birdy

“A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you have seen, winds have a mind of their own.”
― Avi, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

“My mother makes the best cider in Lincolnshire. She swears it is because she always includes a number of rotten apples in the mix. I was wondering if this could be true of people - if the world needs a few rotten people to make the sweetest mix. This would explain the problem of God allowing evil in the world.”
― Karen Cushman, Catherine, Called Birdy