Tanya

“There's something desirable about anything you're used to as opposed to something you're not.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

“There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but laziness, not wanting any trouble, confusion, or effort.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

“I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“You don't ask people with knives in their stomachs what would make them happy; happiness is no longer the point. It's all about survival; it's all about whether you pull the knife out and bleed to death or keep it in...”
― Nick Hornby, How to Be Good