Childhood Quote by Junot Díaz

“She had no illusions of becoming a master knife fighter. This wasn’t the Realms, where a thought delivered a result. But she also knew…

— Veronica Rossi

“The days sported by us, as if Time had not grown up himself yet, but were a child too, and always at play. I…

— Charles Dickens

“Her heart swelled with the high holiness of it all. Imminence was all around. She was both warrior and shining spear. She was a…

— Kate Atkinson

“There were other times when she was so shattered by ideas that she could do nothing worth while; when they trampled over her like…

— Willa Cather

“I had forged her myself, out of brokenness, learning to love wildness instead of fearing it. To thrive on the exhilaration of the hunt,…

— Paula McLain

“Watching, she had felt unusually and keenly alive, alive the way a knife is sharp, so that the humiliation she was enduring was perfect,…

— Sonya Hartnett

“Knowing that she was beautiful, she was thoroughly conscious, though in an indistinct fashion, that she possessed a weapon. Women play with their beauty…

— Victor Hugo

“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

“...and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able…

— Jane Austen

“Once upon a time... ...as a fair maiden lay weeping upon a cold tombstone, her heartfelt desire was suddenly made real before her: tall,…

— Jude Deveraux

“Sharper than a serpent's tooth is a daughter's ingratitude. Still, the proudest spirits can be broken, with love.”

— Neil Gaiman

“She practiced every day. She learned her own speed and her own explosive force. She learned the angle, position, and intensity of a killing…

— Kristin Cashore