I am not so different in my history of abandonment from anyone else after all. We have all been split away from each other, the earth, ourselves.

— Susan Griffin

Then turn your eyes back on me, and tell me that Cathy and I are still children to be treated with condescension, and are incapable of understanding adult subjects. We haven't'remained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time.

— V.C. Andrews

We haven't remained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time. Through books Cathy and I have lived a zillion lives. . . Our vicarious way to feel alive.

— V.C. Andrews