Wendie Brigg

“If there was one thing a former sniper could do well, it was wait. Patiently. Quietly. Without a sound. Barely a movement. Just him, a quiet mind and his breath.”
― J. Rose Black, Losing My Breath

“What we want most is to be held...and told..that everything (everything is a funny thing, is baby milk and papa's eyes, is roaring logs on a cold morning, is hoot owls and the boy who makes you cry after school, is mama's long hair, is being afraid and twisted faces on the bedroom wall)...is going to be alright.”
― Truman Capote

“Children are sponges—they are going to absorb whatever is around them, so we need to be intentional about what surrounds them.”
― Dave Ramsey, Smart Money Smart Kids: Raising the Next Generation to Win with Money

“Her fingers itched at the thought of a notebook, of a pen flying over the pages, of her thoughts, finally free to move, flowing out.”
― Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy