Caroline

“The counselor also suggested meditation. Finding a bit of time each day to focus on deep breathing and the acceptance of life as it was presently occurring. That was not a productive solution either. Frankie did not accept life as it was presently occurring. It was a fundamental element of her character. Life as it was presently occurring was not acceptable to her. Were she to mellow out—would she not become obedient? Would she not stay on the path that stretched ahead of her, nicely bricked?”
― E. Lockhart, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

“I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm here and I'm listening; and there is still joy in this world.”
― Robin McKinley, Chalice

“It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can't see who you are.”
― E. Lockhart, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

“I can feel like a hag some days if I want! And I can tell everybody how insecure I am if I want! Or I can be pretty and pretend to think I'm a hag out of fake modesty –- I can do that if I want, too. Because you, Livingston, are not the boss of me and what kind of girl I become.”
― E. Lockhart, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks