Amanda

“Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.”
― Toni Morrison, Sula

“She was the third beer. Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, that confirms and extends the pleasure of the first. But the third, the one you drink because it's there, because it can't hurt, and because what difference does it make?”
― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

“People tend to stick to their own size group because it's easier on the neck. Unless they are romantically involved, in which case the size difference is sexy. It means: I am willing to go the distance for you.”
― Miranda July, No One Belongs Here More Than You

“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince