“The Invitation I will send the boy to the market to the monger at the end of the row for sweet shrimp and three fish, the freshest, I will say, with their eyes still clear, tell him to go to the wine shop, bring an amphora of Cleoboulos’s best buy herbs of every kind the most sweetly scented while I idle through the day awaiting you.”
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Megan Whalen Turner, born in 1965, is a renowned American children's literature writer. Her works are known for their intricate plots and profound character development, which have won her widespread acclaim. more
“Words and eggs must be handled with care. Once broken they are impossible things to repair.”
“The moon lays a hand on my forehead.”
“Lead me to where it’s safest. Lead me to where it’s kindest.”
“I chose a path to be set apart. Now I am a poet, just to be someone.”
“I am like an open book written in a language no one understands.”