Billy Roberts

“Walter, don’t you find it interesting that people even use that term ‘act of God’? Considering that most want to believe that God is about lambs and love and babies in mangers, and yet this same so-called benevolent being smites innocent people left and right, indicating an anger management problem”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“There isn’t a person alive who would opt for Rasputin’s bloodletting techniques over the cutting-edge therapies at Sloan Kettering. And yet so many insist we believe these stories and then have the audacity to insist others believe them, too.” “You make a fair point, Evans,” Wakely wrote back. “But people need to believe in something bigger than themselves.” “Why?” Calvin pressed. “What’s wrong with believing in ourselves? Anyway, if stories must be used, why not rely on a fable or fairy tale? Aren’t they just as valid a vehicle for teaching morality? Except maybe better? Because no one has to pretend to believe that the fables and tales are true?”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“But you have to accept responsibility for your decisions, even when they don’t work out the way you wanted.”
― Karen Dionne, The Marsh King's Daughter

“I’m not just any talking mirror,” Ira says. “I’m a cool talking mirror.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Never After: The Broken Mirror