Clare Lanphear

“The world was hers for the reading.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“American men are allotted just as many tears as American women. But because we are forbidden to shed them, we die long before women do, with our hearts exploding or our blood pressure rising or our livers eaten away by alcohol because that lake of grief inside us has no outlet. We, men, die because our faces were not watered enough.”
― Pat Conroy, Beach Music

“It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.”
― John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire

“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist