Being pretty on the inside means you don’t hit your brother and you eat all your peas — that’s what my grandma taught me. – Author unknown, attributed to a 7-year-old named Jennie
My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever. – George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons, 2011
Every word born of an inner necessity — writing must never be anything else. – Etty Hillesum, quoted in Ten Fun Things to Do Before You Die by Karol Jackowski