Michelle

“There in the city's steam-and-smoke-smudged harbor is the most extraordinary sight of all: a great copper-clad lady with a torch in one hand and a book in the other. It is not a statesman or a god or a war hero who welcomes us to this new world. It is but an ordinary woman lighting the way- a lady offering us the liberty to pursue our dreams if we've the courage to begin.”
― Libba Bray

“Gamache wondered how low the bar was set when all a man had to do to attract a woman was not smell like decomposing bears.”
― Louise Penny

“Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving, you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead.”
― Louise Penny, Still Life

“If a new beginning is really new, it will feel like a crisis. Any real change should make you feel, at first, afraid. If you're not afraid if it, then it's not real change.”
― Nathan Hill, The Nix