Regan Sharp

“The bodies draped down through the leaves like rancid baubles in the locks of a horrible harlot.”
― Daniel Woodrell, Woe to Live On

“Look, I know from the outside it doesn't look so bad... I know I had all the advantages. I know my parents loved me. But that makes it worse, don't you see?... The way it is, all the unhappiness seems to be my responsibility, my fault.”
― Jane Tompkins, A Life In School: What The Teacher Learned

“If the cup is empty, it can be filled.”
― Jane Tompkins, A Life In School: What The Teacher Learned

“In my professional life, by contrast, I became a rebel and a game-changer. In my scholarly work I took controversial positions that exposed me to attack and ridicule, something which I both feared and enjoyed.”
― Jane Tompkins, Reading through the Night