“If happiness in this world is not for me, I will endeavour to promote the welfare of those around me, and my reward shall be hereafter,” Anne Bronte
Review: Agnes Grey
Protector of the Small
“You can smack some people in the face with a haddock and they’ll still call it a mouse if a mouse is what they want to see,” First Test, Tamora Pierce
Review: Arm of the Sphinx
“Hope. What is its dimension? How long is it? Where does it lead? When does it become habitual, automatic, the answer not only to doubt, but also to action, and redemption, and living?” ~ Josiah Bancroft, Senlin Ascends
Review: Uglies
“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.” -Scott Westerfeld
Review: Gift from the Sea
“Mechanically we have gained, in the last generation, but spiritually we have, I think, unwittingly lost.”
Review: Story
“The weakest possible excuse to include anything in a story is: 'But it actually happened.' Everything happens; everything imaginable happens.” ~ Robert McKee, Story
Review: Less
"'Strange to be almost fifty, no? I feel like I just understood how to be young.' 'Yes! It's like the last day in a foreign country. You finally figure out where to get coffee, and drinks, and a good steak. And then you have to leave. And you won't ever be back.'" ~ Andrew Sean Greer, Less
Review: Gilead
“This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.”
Review: A Thread of Grace
“God save us from idealists!” Renzo cries softly. “They dream of a world without injustice, and what crime won’t they commit to get it?” ~ Mary Doria Russell, A Thread of Grace
