Kippy

“People who hadn't suffered a loss yet struck me as not quite grown up.”
― Anne Tyler, The Beginner's Goodbye

“Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

“In this life we love who we love. There were some stories in which facts were very nearly irrelevant.”
― Ann Patchett, State of Wonder

“Why is it that only girls stand on the sides of their feet? As if they're afraid to plant themselves?”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams