Ann Dague

“Winnie-the-Pooh: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
― Pepper Basham, Positively, Penelope

“Anne Frank, a very nonfiction person, captures it best, I think: “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.”
― Pepper Basham, Authentically, Izzy: A fun, low-spice, bookish rom-com told through emails, texts, and letters

“I’m sure you’ve figured out by now that I’m all about fairy tales and sweep-you-off-your-feet kinds of things, but deep down I’ve been realizing what is even better than having a man walk into a forest and finish your dream song. It’s having a man who listens to me. Who wants to KNOW me and cares about what I have to say. Who sees beyond my age or my clothes or my random silliness and knows that deeper than all those things is a heart that cares and a mind that thinks. I mean, I wouldn’t mind him counting down the minutes to see me each day or running through rain to rescue me either. But at the end of the performance, there’s the ever after. And I want someone for the ever-after part, when the audience is gone and the stage is empty, and the only crowd we’re in front of is each other.”
― Pepper Basham, Positively, Penelope

“There is something immediately comfortable in meeting another avid reader. A companionship of words and shared worlds that I find difficult to emulate with nonreaders.”
― Pepper Basham, Authentically, Izzy: A fun, low-spice, bookish rom-com told through emails, texts, and letters