Who Is Maud Dixon?

by Alexandra Andrews

her expectations were hemmed in by the limits of her own imagination.

“Bene vixit, bene qui latuit.” Florence nodded then said, “Sorry, what?” “It’s Latin, from Ovid. It means, ‘He lives well who is well hidden.’”

I mess up, I mess up. I find that people in general are way too scared of making mistakes. Sure, make a plan and do some research, but when it’s time to act, my god, just act

Death is the most transformative event in anyone’s existence, she thought, yet once it has happened, it doesn’t matter to that person anymore. There’s no person left. At that point, any significance it has fragments and scatters. Its impact is diffused among the survivors.