Sue Wadel

“What better place to kill time than a library? And for me, what better way to get to know someone than through her choice and treatment of books?”
― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

“all remained loyal to him, not because they always agreed with him, but because the regent listened to and respected different opinions.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk To Freedom

“I wanted to go on sitting there, not talking, not listening to the others, keeping the moment precious for all time, because we were peaceful all of us, we were content and drowsy even as the bee who droned above our heads. In a little while it would be different, there would come tomorrow, and the next day and another year. And we would be changed perhaps, never sitting qite like this again. Some of us would go away, or suffer, or die, the future stretched away in front of us, unknown, unseen, not perhaps what we wanted, not what we planned. This moment was safe though, this could not be touched.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

“...to retire is not to flee, and there is no wisdom in waiting when danger outweighs hope, and it is the part of wise men to preserve themselves to-day for to-morrow, and not risk all in one day.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote