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“She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a cork board like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew.”
― Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

“It was a matter of perspective, I began to see.
The whole world was crazy; I'd flattered myself by assuming I was a semifinalist."
-- Dolores Price”
― Wally Lamb, She’s Come Undone

“She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow.”
― Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

“The world was hers for the reading.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn