Brianne Hailey

“But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

“Morning is the time for deep breaths, and discovering, ourselves anew in our bodies”
― Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar

“I suffered at her hands as a child, and any pain she subsequently endured appeared to me to be a kind of redemption - a rebalancing of the universe, where the rational order of cause and effect aligned. But now, I can't even the tally between us. The reason is simple - my mother is forgetting and there is nothing I can do about it. There is no way ti make her remember the things she has done in the past, no way to baste her in guilt.”
― Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar

“He had seen a birthday party, with one child singled out and celebrated on his day, so that now he understood the joy of being an individual, special and unique and proud.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver