Joycelyn Elliott

“Prudence is a bourgeois virtue, because the rich have something worth saving. The poor splurge because they need desperately to make a colorful splash across the drab fabric of their lives. The hungry don’t dream of brown rice and vegetables; they dream of cake.”
― Trevanian, The Crazyladies of Pearl Street

“Morgan is an idiot who doesn’t know he’s an idiot. The worst kind.”
― Christina Dalcher, Vox

“For most of my life, I have dwelt in a sort of no man’s land where loneliness has been an easier option than trying to fit in.”
― Fiona Valpy, The Dressmaker's Gift

“if you’re not with the book you want, you might as well want the book you’re with.”
― Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood