Monique

“So, basically, I'm risking my life because you pansies don't want to pick up tampons.”
― Rhiannon Frater, The First Days

“She parked near the fence and took a deep breath. Curious, she did it
again, feeling her lungs expand, then contract. She sat in silence,
letting her body decide what to do next. Her lungs stayed still, but she
didn't feel as though she was suffocating.
“Yep, dead,” she whispered.”
― Rhiannon Frater, Pretty When She Dies

“She'd been questioning Jenni's sanity for a while now, but then again, they were all slightly insane now, weren't they?”
― Rhiannon Frater, The First Days

“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”
― Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel