Rafaela Rensing

“Only cells that had been transformed by a virus or a genetic mutation had the potential to become immortal.”
― Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

“LAVINIA: He made me feel for the first time in my life that everything about love could be sweet and natural... I have a right to love!”
― Eugene O'Neill, Mourning Becomes Electra

“I still have a piece of that root, put away in a box with my journal, my can of tobacco tags, the newspaper write-up when I got run over by the train, a photograph of me and Miss Love and Grandpa in the Pierce, my Ag College diploma from the University -- and the buckeye that Lightfoot gave me.”
― Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree

“Psychologists often discuss the difference between “temperament” and “personality.” Temperament refers to inborn, biologically based behavioral and emotional patterns that are observable in infancy and early childhood; personality is the complex brew that emerges after cultural influence and personal experience are thrown into the mix. Some say that temperament is the foundation, and personality is the building.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking