Margaret Bennett

“They lived by their own unflinching laws, often subduing mistake by their mere presence.”
― Téa Obreht, Inland

“It's as if when we continuously pass up the opportunity to listen to those most affected by the shortcomings of our systems, and instead continue to reward those who benefit most from those systems, we end up making no progress at all.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

“Certainty is for young people and fools.”
― Ian Stansel, The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo

“With us he spoke freely enough. We were, in some subtle way, his folks. Though we had taken him in, you had the feeling that he had adopted us. But with others he was reserved; courteous and soft-spoken, yet withdrawn beyond a line of his own making.”
― Jack Schaefer, Shane