Maxie Ruths

“It is less distracting in the silence,” she said. “Sustained silence allows one truly to listen to what is deep inside. We call it waiting in expectation.”
― Tracy Chevalier, The Last Runaway

“Love was a damaging mistake and its accomplice,hope, a treacherous illusion".”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“Her unexpected outburst rocked Flaminius to his core. Suddenly, she didn't seem so angelic. Her face twisted with rage; veins in her neck throbbed with fury in a scene all too familiar. Her reaction switched him off to her instantly as all his worst fears came to life.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

“The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.”
― Eckhart Tolle