Jen Ostrum

“For the first time in her life she could see perfectly well how a person arrived on that flight path: needing an alternative to the present so badly, the only doorway was a high window.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

“You never knew which split second might be the zigzag bolt dividing all that went before from the everything that comes next.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

“But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Pigs in Heaven

“My good opinion once lost is lost forever.”
― Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice