Marcia

“Regarding Girl Scout Camp survival skills: "For instance, if I see a snake, I should stand still or walk backwards slowly, never run. I am one hundred percent sure I will not do that. But now, while running as fast as I can, I will be thinking, I shouldn't be running.”
― Firoozeh Dumas, It Ain't So Awful, Falafel

“I wasn't sure what my path would be, but I knew I didn't want to be like any of them. Each, in their own way, spent life being ruled by the exact same things they feared.”
― Jordan Sonnenblick, The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade

“My Dad says that people like that {ignorant about other countries and cultures} are not truly horrible; they just need a geography class, a passport, and a few foreign friends.”
― Firoozeh Dumas, It Ain't So Awful, Falafel

“Coincidence was a messenger sent by truth.”
― Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs