Brenda

“In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases”
― John Irving, The World According to Garp

“She might even be your lovely school-teacher who is reading these words to you at this very moment. Look carefully at that teacher. Perhaps she is smiling at the absurdity of such a suggestion. Don't let that put you off. It could be part of cleverness.

I am not, of course, telling you for one second that your teacher actually is a witch. All I am saying is that she might be one. It is most unlikely. But—here comes the big "but"—not impossible.”
― Roald Dahl, The Witches

“Everybody dies … The thing is, to have a life before we die.”
― John Irving, The World According to Garp

“Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair