Tiffany

“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the scream of fire engines, or the realization that today is the Monday which on Friday night was a comfortably long way off.

A dog's wet nose is not strictly speaking the worst of the bunch, but it has its own peculiar dreadfulness which connoisseurs of the ghastly and dog owners everywhere have come to know and dread. It's like having a small piece of defrosting liver pressed lovingly against you.”
― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

“Reader, I kissed her. A quiet walk we had, she and I.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Okay for Now

“...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”
― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

“It means, Doug Swieteck, that in this class, you are not your brother.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Okay for Now