Rob Grad

“The bare elms, dressed in a white robe of ice crystals, showed the way in an enchanting alley resembling a pathway to an elfin world.”
― Anna Adams, A French Girl in New York

“Chocolate family meets vanilla family in the artificial reality that is a mall. Caramel daughter caught helplessly between the two.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Blended

“Maybe I made a mistake yesterday, but yesterday’s me is still me. I am who I am today, with all my faults. Tomorrow I might be a tiny bit wiser, and that’s me, too. These faults and mistakes are what I am, making up the brightest stars in the constellation of my life. I have come to love myself for who I was, who I am, and who I hope to become.”
― Kim Namjoong

“I don’t know, Louisiana. I can’t see into the future. I do think that, more often than not, love has a way of finding us.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home