Elise

“People don't rise from nothing. We do owe something to parentage and patronage. The people who stand before kings may look like they did it all by themselves. But in fact they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot. (p19)”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success

“God, how I ricochet between certainties and doubts.”
― Sylvia Plath

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I hope that the foolish things we do when we're sixteen, seventeen, twenty, whenever - I hope they don't define who we are forever.”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit