Columns Quote by Becca Fitzpatrick

“Now, Sophia, would you care to tell me why you're here by the pond instead of reporting to your next class?' 'I'm experiencing some…

— Rachel Hawkins

“You think you can start tomorrow? I need a break." "Only if you can free me from this beast of a chair," I said,…

— Myra McEntire

“1. "Ahem. I know you hate Mondays, madam, but you picked the absolutely wrong one to play hooky. Or be sick. Yes, I suppose…

— Melissa Jensen

“So what do you think so far, Tiff?” I asked as I started combing my hair. “I’m thinking next year we need to have…

— Rachel Hawthorne

I said: 'I'm throwing in my job, and I'm going to write a book.' Everyone thought: 'She's off her trolley,' and it was quite…

— Sara Sheridan

“I had planned to consult with a Black colleague, but when I approached her in the hall she had a crowd of students about,…

— Joanna Russ

“Two beds down, a woman was with her husband who had just come out of surgery. All she talked about for half an hour…

— Hendrik Groen

“I wake on the fiction couch deeply hungover, my head cracking, with Rachel telling me to get up. She’s holding my eyelids open like…

— Cath Crowley

“Went home briefly to get my halter dress for Hero's party, and Mom was waiting for me at the kitchen table. Either she's psychic,…

— Jody Gehrman

“A girl came in the cafe and sat by herself at a table near the window. She was very pretty with a face fresh…

— Ernest Hemingway

“No. This would be better as a team." She dragged her top drawer open, rooted out her aspirin. "I should have fired her weeks…

— Nora Roberts

“I've got a huge, terrible problem." Oh no! Not that horrible toenail fungus that takes six months to cure?" No, no, no. Much worse.…

— Lisa McMann