Simon

“A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet.”
― Phyllis McGinley

“Maria cries unashamedly on my shoulder while I whisper and pet her cheek, but Anastasia grips my other hand and stares fiercely back at our Alexander Palace with her wet blue eyes until it is no more than a lemon-colored speck against the sunrise.”
― Sarah Miller, The Lost Crown

“I cross myself and close my eyes. Where we go next, we go together.”
― Sarah Miller, The Lost Crown

“I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing.”
― Sarah Miller, The Lost Crown