Jessica Joy

“This is what an occupation does—it wears you down until you accept evil. Until you can no longer fully define it, even. Let alone recognize it.”
― Melanie Benjamin, Mistress of the Ritz

“It is devastating to see a loved one suffer; it is harder to bear than your own pain. Love is despair, love is delight. Love is fear, love is hope. Love is mercy. Love is anger.”
― Melanie Benjamin, Mistress of the Ritz

“People do that, of course—they come into your life, illuminate some dark corner you’d not even known was there, then they disappear. True connection is rare, but that’s just the way it is.”
― Melanie Benjamin, Mistress of the Ritz

“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies