Scottie Olliver

“New Chapter about New Things”
― Johanna Spyri, Heidi

“Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something to report on, but we have more than enough problems out there without manufacturing problems.”
― Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

“Change is happening and old structures are falling in the form of a "Death of a Thousand Cuts." In other words one grand act is not occuring but a multitude of small expressions on the part of individuals, both slowly and swiftly taking the place of heirarchy and history.”
― William Gibson, Spook Country

“Why is it so hard to transcend the identities assigned to us when we were young?”
― Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land