Dani Cress

“Your own endurance might be a pleasant fiction allowed you by others who’ve really faced the facts.”
― Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres

“But the floor retained an unparalleled measure of excellence with a decorative array of ceramic tiles precisely laid by an anonymous Muslim artisan with limitless patience, pride, or skill.  He left behind an ornate work of art in a short, squat, non-descript building near the most dangerous piece of real estate on the planet.  Silva often wondered how an architect so careless came to work with a craftsman so precise.  Looking at that floor, she often thought that if everyone applied just a fraction of his dedication to their own work, it might cancel out the hatred driving the destruction.”
― John Payton Foden, Magenta

“When you are an addict and you get caught, you always seem to be at your lowest point.”
― Andrew Mann, Such Unfortunates

“I have brought you half of my pancakes," said Gollie.

"And I have removed one of my outrageous socks," said Bink. "It's a compromise bonanza!”
― Kate DiCamillo, Bink & Gollie