Guadalupe Macdonell

“Those who can best cope with setbacks have the greatest chance of fortune. My conclusion was that it’s clearly worth looking into the way you deal with bad luck.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Meaning they can maintain a core temperature independently of the environmental temperature,” I reply. “That’s rather remarkable, and not what I’d expect.” “Like the dinosaurs, they can survive in waters as warm as the tropics or cold enough to kill a human in minutes.” “Certainly defies what I understand about reptiles.” I”
― Patricia Cornwell, The Bone Bed

“The barman was well over six feet tall and had created strange, enormous holes in his earlobes by inserting little black plastic circles in order to push back the skin. For some reason, I was reminded of my shower curtain.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“We are mirrors reflecting mirrors reflecting mirrors, showing one another what we can’t yet see.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed