Darlene

“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

“I loved how Piglet personified the idea that even without all of the five senses, he used what he had - with determination and perseverance - to do virtually everything he needed to do to engage happily and confidently with his people, his dog pack, and his environment.”
― Melissa Shapiro, Piglet: The Unexpected Story of a Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family

“It was not that he was feckless – more that he had simply not been around the day they handed out feck.”
― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys