Melanie

“Then there was the puzzle of why the sun came out during the day, instead of at night when the light would come in useful.”
― Terry Pratchett, Mort

“There goes Mig with her happy endings again," Chris said. But I don't care. I like happy endings. And I asked Chris why something should be truer just because it's unhappy. He couldn't answer.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Black Maria

“It was all a cottage is supposed to be, small and snug, with a front porch, pink climbing roses, and lots of trees for shade.”
― Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

“If we break faith with thee, may the green earth gape and swallow us, may the grey seas break in and overwhelm us, may the sky of stars fall and crush us out of life for ever.”
― Rosemary Sutcliff, Frontier Wolf