Diane

“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
― Nora Ephron

“I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.”
― Sharon Olds

“Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing.”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley

“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
― Marguerite Duras