“But happiness is not always loud and bright and crowded. Happiness ripens like a watermelon, sweet and rosy on the inside with only a thin top layer altogether free of small black pits. And, like a watermelon, the whole thing can be covered with a plain dark rind.” WholeBlackDarkSweetLoudCoveredLayersPitsCrowdedRosy Author:E. L. Konigsburg
“...just because I don't have on a silly black costume and carry a silly broom and wear a silly black hat, doesn't mean that I'm not a witch. I'm a witch all the time and not just on Halloween.” MeanBlackSillyHatsWitchHalloweenCostumesBroomsBlack Hats Book:Talk, Talk: A Children's Book Author Speaks to Grown-Ups Source: Talk, Talk: A Children's Book Author Speaks to Grown-Ups
