Christine Ellis

“And now...farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude. I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“Life contains these things: leakage and wickage and discharge, pus and snot and slime and gleet. We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget.”
― Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt