Violet Perry (Just a Bookish Blog)

“We forget sometimes that parents--even uncles--have lives of their own. Worlds of their own. Sides of themselves we never see and never dream are there. Even when someone describes those lives to us, we can't believe them. We know better.”
― Julianna Deering, Rules of Murder

“How many of us acted and spoke out and fought for beliefs that we held because our environment told us to? As much as I wanted to blame my England, I knew the blame sat with me. I hadn't trained myself to discern. To examine. To seek the source.”
― Nadine Brandes, Fawkes

“Love really was like a bird. You didn’t know where it might settle, or where. You couldn’t tame it, couldn’t force it. Couldn’t often predict it. You could call and call for it and never would it flutter down. Then, at the most unexpected time, in the most unexpected place, it was there.”
― Roseanna M. White, The Nature of a Lady

“My breath stills, and I swear I can feel the fire inside swirling around just under my skin, as if asking if it did what I wanted before going back into hiding.”
― Jenna Terese, Ignite