Quote by Ann Packer

“She was one of those people who are famous beyond their actual achievement.”

— F Scott Fitzgerald

“Was it new for one, perhaps too busy to seek, to be the prize of a girl who would seek him?”

— Jane Austen

“people found off-putting. You could not beat her at chess or Trivial Pursuit or even Monopoly. She knew all the questions on Jeopardy. She…

— Karin Slaughter

“She bought raffle tickets for charity, gave money to street performers, and was always sponsoring annoying friends who were running yet another marathon for…

— Liane Moriarty

“Some people, who always talk about how busy they are, are really trying to claim how 'important' they are.”

— Donna Lynn Hope

“She knew the power of bureaucracy well enough to be aware she had to sit and be admonished until this stranger felt she had…

— Thomm Quackenbush

“She had been so fiercely alive. She had spoken honestly, and lived with an honesty that few could claim to match. She had made…

— Ann Napolitano

“When she finally finished a few minutes later, it was hard to tell if she was even aware that the crowds had thinned... Watching…

— Sarah Dessen

“She had the hard, half-apathetic expression of one who deems anything possible at the hands of time and chance, except perhaps fair play”

— Thomas Hardy

“Then she walked, walked flat out, walked with an ache coming up through the earth and into the heel of her striking foot. No…

— Alice Sebold

“And she thought about winning. About how she was letting this win, whatever this was—the crazy inside of her. Cath, zero. Crazy, one million.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“And yet she was wholly herself: a rarity.”

— Donna Tartt