Deval Patel

“But if unrestricted freedom can impede the individual’s pursuit of what he or she values most, then it may be that some restrictions make everyone better off. And if “constraint” sometimes affords a kind of liberation while “freedom” affords a kind of enslavement, then people would be wise to seek out some measure of appropriate constraint.”
― Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

“Memories are like wolves. You can’t lock them away and hope they leave you alone.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

“THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN A BOY WHO HATES YOU A boy who loves you.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.”
― Margaret Atwood