Ellie

“Then suddenly Stevie turned and went back to hug her too. ‘I’ll look after her, please believe me I’ll be good to her. If I thought I wouldn’t, I’d go away now.’ She was so surprised it nearly took her breath away. When they were on the bus she asked him: ‘Why did you do that?’ ‘I wanted to,’ he said. Then after a pause: ‘I got a funny feeling that I was never going to see her again.”
― Maeve Binchy, The Glass Lake: The spellbinding, heartbreaking yet uplifting story of families, secrets and the price of love

“Sometimes, my head is just like this storm", said the Tiny Dragon.
"If you listen carefully", said the Great Panda, "you will ear the raindrops hitting the rock. Even in a storm it is possible to find a little peace.”
― James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon

“Slightly at a loss, Louis turned to talk to someone else. Young women didn’t normally walk away from him like that. Stevie had been watching; he saw the way Louis had laid his hand on Kit’s arm with his easy familiar charm. It had made Stevie rage inside.”
― Maeve Binchy, The Glass Lake: The spellbinding, heartbreaking yet uplifting story of families, secrets and the price of love

“I had the strangest sensation that something was staring at me, and when I looked at Roth, Bambi’s head would be visible on his neck. “She likes you.” “What?” “Bambi,” he explained. “She’s trying to keep an eye on you while she’s resting.” Yet again, I wondered if Roth could read thoughts. He claimed he couldn’t. “I’m...happy to hear that.” “You should be. Normally she likes to eat people.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rage and Ruin