Juli Dewitt

“odds might be good, but the stakes were prohibitively high. He”
― Peter Benchley, Jaws

“The tendrils of fear and uncertainty slowly unfurl around my heart, at least enough to hear a new beat of strength and hope.”
― Rebecca Rosenberg, Madame Pommery, Creator of Brut Champagne

“Puff, puff, chug, chug, went the Little Blue Engine. “I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can.”

[…]

“I thought I could. I thought I could. I thought I could.

I thought I could.

I thought I could.

I thought I could.”
― Watty Piper, The Little Engine That Could

“No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent