Louann Rion

“This is pity,” he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong with a world in which this monstrous feeling is called a virtue.”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“There followed a time when everything was dull. The things that had meant something lost importance, though they were still there, like bruises on the body that fade to hard lumps under the skin.”
― Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring

“the nameless maiden in the advertisement was like a thousand other clothing models he had seen in magazines—arched brows, big eyes, angular cheeks, pouting mouth, a fetching figure, and a haughty, revolted look, as though someone had just offered her a jellyfish to hold.”
― Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny

“The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet