Cindy Laruffa

“There’s eight million people here pretending the others aren’t getting on their nerves. I believe it’s called civilization.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee

“The law of the jungle which I learned at a young age, and have been trying to escape ever since, is that we what we must to survive.”
― Jim Fergus

“There are things you can't back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it's up to you to decide what them things are. You have to demand respect in this world, ain't nobody just gonna hand it to you. How you carry yourself, what you stand for - that's how you gain respect. But, little one, ain't nobody's respect worth more than your own. You understand that?”
― Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry: By Mildred D. Taylor

“That day I learned something essential: We can only fell sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable...once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.”
― Marjane Satrapi