Amanda

“Were they beautiful? We were all beautiful. We were in our twenties.”
― Steve Martin

“I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on your cheek.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Finally, by the sea, where God is everywhere, I gradually calmed.”
― Patti Smith

“The rites of passage in the academic world are arcane and, in their own way, highly romantic, and the tensions and unplesantries of dissertations and final oral examinations are quickly forgotten in the wonderful moment of the sherry afterward, admission into a very old club, parties of celebration, doctoral gowns, academic rituals, and hearing for the first time "Dr.," rather than "Miss" Jamison.”
― Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness