Jamie Rivera

“So many people abuse the system, it’s impossible for the hardworking people to get the help they need,” she’d say. This was the construct she’d built in her head: Most of the beneficiaries of the system were extravagant moochers, but she—despite never having worked in her life—was an obvious exception.”
― J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

“Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us. Recall”
― J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

“I gave up on being Nice. I started putting more value on other qualities instead: passion, bravery, intelligence, practicality, humor, patience, fairness, sensitivity. Those”
― Anna Kendrick, Scrappy Little Nobody

“Everyone wants the stars. Everyone wishes to grasp that which exists out of reach. To hold the extraordinary in their hands and keep the remarkable in their pockets.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea