Quote by Sinclair Lewis

“She could not understand why this world, which was so full of beauty and wonder, had to also be so full of horrors.”

— Jeanne DuPrau

“Her dullness made her own punishment.”

— Daphne du Maurier

“...she said that life was too precious to cast away; that even the foulest and meanest expression of life was precious, full of grandeur…

— Christi Phillips

“Only seven or eight, and yet she knew so exactly how to be cruel and who it was safe to be cruel to. One…

— Jean Rhys

“She was a rapidly rising anchor. She had what it took: great hair, a profound understanding of strategic lip gloss, the intelligence to understand…

— Douglas Adams

“It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability, a single…

— Ayn Rand

“She already knew from personal experiences that life could be cruel and unfair. She also knew she had to do what it took to…

— M.V. Kasi

“It's rather clever of her to have made a specialty of devoting herself to dull people—the field is such a large one, and she…

— Edith Wharton

“She felt listless, tragic, and slightly murderous. She was irritable and prickly with exactly those people who were the kindest to her.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“She was, he knew- and had known very early, he supposed- one of those rare and always lovely humans whose moral nature was so…

— John Williams

“At times she's so basic, at others so wise it frightens me that I got so far in this world without the benefit of…

— Diane Keaton

“Having told of so much beauty, how is it possible to tell of her? There are no words left on the earth in any…

— Tanith Lee