Carolin

“It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenly commit suicide—plunge off at outrageous angles, destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

“I didn't know," I start truthfully, "that it was the hard way when I started on it.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races

“Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races

“Then, in the spirit of benevolence, "Your face is well balanced." She slapped him encouragingly on the back, "You have very long eyelashes. Like a cow.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two