Darlene

“There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river.”
― Marina Tsvetaeva

“Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history.”
― Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Witch. The word slithers from the mouth like a serpent, drips from the tongue as thick and black as tar. We never thought of ourselves as witches, my mother and I. For this was a word invented by men, a word that brings power to those that speak it, not those that it describes. A word that builds gallows and pyres, turns breathing women into corpses.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

“He isn't perfect. Of course, you don't have to be perfect to be something special.”
― Melissa Shapiro, Piglet: The Unexpected Story of a Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family