Daryl Verros

“From this study, it becomes clear that . . . good luck accumulates, as does bad luck. People are in poor health and are poverty-stricken and get let down, and vice versa. It is totally unfair. And the only real predictor of good or bad luck is the ability to deal with setbacks. Those who can best cope with setbacks have the greatest chance of fortune.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“How did we err, and how did we sin, to allow the Reich so much power? How far back must we go—we, as a people—to undo each small step toward infamy? The first thin roots of this evil twine through history’s soil. But where do they start? We cannot look to 1934, when the chancellor Adolf Hitler declared himself Führer. That was only the culmination of a long black line of discord.”
― Olivia Hawker, The Ragged Edge of Night

“But real love is very quiet, very still. It’s boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm – and constant. I”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“That’s what partners do, take turns leading each other sometimes, walk side by side sometimes, and even carry each other when one needs help.”
― Lauren Landish, Beauty and the Billionaire