Lena

“We had a bishop this morning and what do you think he said?
"The most beneficent promise made us in the Bible is this,'The poor ye have always with you.' They were put here in order to keep us charitable."
The poor, please observe, being a sort of useful domestic animal. If I hadn't grown into such a perfect lady, I should have gone up after service and told him what I thought.”
― Jean Webster, Daddy-Long-Legs

“Andrius turned. His eyes found mine. I'll see you he said.
My face didn't wrinkle. I didn't utter a sound. But for the first time in months I cried. Tears popped from their dry sockets and sailed down my cheeks in one quick stream. I looked away.
The NKVD called the bald man's name.
Look at me wispered Andrius moving close. I'll see you he said. Just think about that. Just think about me bringing you your drawings. Picture it because I'll be there.”
― Ruta Sepetys

“What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.”
― Edward Albee

“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read...”
― Keri Hulme, The Bone People