Prudence Perring

“There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected.”
― Dennis Lehane, Mystic River

“Sylvia kept writing to Louie, telling him of all they would do when he came home. “Darling, we will take the best of care for you,” she wrote. “You shall be ‘King Toots,’—anything your heart desires—(yes, even red heads and all).”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

“A robin lighted on a blackthorn at my elbow, and began to sing. The sound came high and sweet and uncaring through all the noise of battle. To this day, whenever I think of the battle for Kaerconan, it brings to mind a robin’s song, mingled with the croaking of the ravens.”
― Mary Stewart, The Crystal Cave

“I’d seen enough evil in this world, but the depths of human depravity never failed to sicken me.”
― Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre