Joy ✨

“That means you’ve got what it takes, Frank. We all went through it. Nurses back in the world are second-class citizens. And, big surprise—they’re mostly women. Men keep us in boxes, make us wear starched virgin white, and tell us that docs are gods. And the worst part is, we believe them.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Women

“People come through that door to heal. That’s all. To heal.”
“Is that why you think I’m here?”
“Why else would you? They’re gone. Now you got no excuses for who you can be. So who you gonna be? Same as you were? Or everything you would’ve been otherwise?”
― Cebo Campbell

“Passionate people, creative and feeling people. People forced to be alone and in the dark, but who taught themselves to shine so bright they could always find each other. Sidney illuminated along with them. Us.”
― Cebo Campbell, Sky Full of Elephants

“Thank God for girlfriends. In this crazy, chaotic, divided world that was run by men, you could count on the women.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Women