Erika B > Erika's Quotes

“For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake”
― Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

“optimism is a disease”
― Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

“Good neighborhoods, rich with water, thick soil, and -most important- full sunlight, give rise to trees that reach their maximum potential. In contrast, trees in bad neighborhoods never achieve half of that height, never have much of a teenage growth spurt, but focus instead on just holding on, growing at less than half the rate of the most fortunate.”
― Hope Jahren