“Nobody can go back to how it was. The dust bowl dried us all up bitter as seeds and spat us out all over the land and none of us yet has taken root.” DespairThe Great Depression Book:A Tyranny of Petticoats Source: A Tyranny of Petticoats
“Shut up!' I shouted. 'Why can you not see that my desire to be rid of you has nothing to do with feistiness or women's problems or fear of being caught, but has everything to do with you!” FeminismStrong HeroineNo Means No Book:Gilt Source: Gilt
“I will no longer be judged by the standards of others. I will judge myself. I will not live by someone else's rules. I will make my own.” Young AdultTarnishKatherine Longshore Book:Tarnish Source: Tarnish
“Thomas closes the gap between us and kisses me. Hard. This is not wet and sloppy like his playful kisses. Or dry and desperate like Percy's. Or teasing like the king's. No. This kiss is eloquent and alive and speaks direcetly to my soul. My heart ruptures, and the spliters freeze and tumble all around us with the musical sound of broken glass.” Young AdultTarnishKatherine Longshore Book:Tarnish Source: Tarnish
“I lean forward, pressing my lips to his, and it breaks me open. His hand leaves my face and traces notes up my arms, strikes chords on my throat and up into my hair. His mouth forms lyrics that expose my soul. The kiss is like a song played only once. And forever.” Young AdultTarnishKatherine Longshore Book:Tarnish Source: Tarnish
“The walls loom, grey as the rain outside. LIke the sky of England itself. Everything seems colourless and humbled, despite the layers of velvets and tapestries, the peacock plumage of courtiers and ladies. Greenwich Palace feels like my father's disappointment made tangible.” Young AdultTarnishKatherine Longshore Book:Tarnish Source: Tarnish
“I rise early that morning and dress in green and brown, my skirst the same colour as the forest floor. I include a cap copied from one of the duchess's, but set farther back from my face. She may be a bitch, but she does have style.” Young AdultTarnishKatherine Longshore Book:Tarnish Source: Tarnish
“Hand in hand, we climb the processional stair, rising in the celebratory uproar of a capricious court. As we enter the palace, we are blinded by the ascent from sunshine into darkness.” Young AdultTarnishKatherine Longshore Book:Tarnish Source: Tarnish