Veruca Salt

“I press my back against the wall and feel the pressure of it against my whole body. I want to feel enclosed again, protected, safe as I was in the village. I wrap the blanket tightly around me, and I try to comfort myself by thinking about Tadeusz, but the loneliness that has opened up inside me is bigger than one person can fill.”
― Brigid Pasulka, A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True

“It was silly but incredibly sweet, these people spending so much energy trying to figure me out. The answer: I don't like cherries.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“I keep repeating the conversation with Taduesz in mind, reaching out to touch it to make sure it doesn't disappear.”
― Brigid Pasulka, A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True

“We have to learn to walk before we can run”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades Darker