Elise

“The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn’t always safe, but it’s often necessary.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

“There's something reassuring in books and stories older than you are. Still talked about long after they've been written and long after their writers die. When the world around you is on fire, there's a certain kind of comfort in that.”
― Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

“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

“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