Liz Rix

“Most kingdoms or nations just say, ‘we rule because we’re strongest’ or ‘we rule because a god threw a thunderbolt and willed it so.’ We’re the country who said, ‘Here we are; let’s live by these principles and keep getting better at living up to them.”
― Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

“She always undid the stitches of other people’s worrying and made them disappear. That’s the second thing you should know about Elsie. She always knew what to say to make me feel better.”
― Joanna Cannon, Three Things About Elsie

“I often wondered what kind of slip I would be written on if I was a word. Something too long, certainly. Probably the wrong colour. A scrap of paper that didn’t quite fit. I worried that perhaps I would never find my place in the pigeon-holes at all.”
― Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

“People seem to put all their energy into ignoring each other instead.”
― Joanna Cannon, Three Things About Elsie