Robbie Riser

“To gaze into another person's face is to do two things: to recognize their humanity, and to assert your own.”
― Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes

“Persons of genius are, ex vi termini, more individual than any other people - less capable, consequently, of fitting themselves, without hurtful compression, into any of the small number of moulds which society provides in order to save its members the trouble of forming their character.”
― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

“Grandpa had made the Lord seem so real, I wouldn't of been surprised if he'd said good night to Him. But after a long pause he just said a-men.”
― Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree

“An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey