Kate Karyus Quinn

Since you've been gone, Piper, I've become as bad with the sighing as Mom. Sometimes it's the part of a sob that I jsut can't hold back. Sometimes the sigh's more like blowing out birthday candles to make a wish. And sometimes I do it hoping that it'll make you appear__ven for just one instant__o laugh at me and tell me to stop.

Confession is good for the soul, they say. I'd imagine this is true. But my sins were too convoluted. And from the little I understand--too damning.

Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit

One of her favorite lines was, "The difference between genius and stupidity s that genius has limits.