Lionel Christescu

“They wore blouses with buttons down the front that suggested the possibilities of the word undone. These women could be undone; or not. They seemed to be able to choose. ”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“It made me realize that I had to leave my old life behind, because nobody but me cared about it.”
― Mark C. Zauderer, Counsel, the Courtroom Is Open: Lessons from More Than a Half-Century in Law and Life

“We have magic you do not dream of.” That was Janet, although Mary could not see the diminutive witch.”
― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

“If you have been embroiled in a war in which you confidently expected to die, what were you supposed to do with so much life unexpectedly left over? There were so many ways of passing the peace, and you would never know what they would have been like, those roads not taken.”
― Louis de Bernières, So Much Life Left Over