Abby

“The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost. That's a running sore.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Right from the first, I could see a calmness in you - that sort of inner tranquility that they write about in books, but that almost no one seems to possess. I was wondering to myself: How does she do that? And I figured it could only come from having no regrets - from having made choices with .... such poise and purpose.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

“When the Soul wants to experience something she throws out an image in front of her and then steps into it.”
― Meister Eckhart

“Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden