Emily Grimm

“I don’t have hopes,” Mad explained, studying the address. “I have faith.” He looked at her in surprise. “Well, that’s a funny word to hear coming from you.” “How come?” “Because,” he said, “well, you know. Religion is based on faith.” “But you realize,” she said carefully, as if not to embarrass him further, “that faith isn’t based on religion. Right?”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“He held forth about political theory and about Marxism, maintaining that while there was a place for zealots in every revolution-unshakeable belief could carry a marginalized person very far indeed-each ideology held its share of fundamental flaws. For a radical thinker to exist successfully in the world he'd helped to change, he had to embrace the bitter compromises”
― Nathaniel Ian Miller, The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven

“Because while musical prodigies are always celebrated, early readers aren’t. And that’s because early readers are only good at something others will eventually be good at, too. So being first isn’t special - it’s just annoying.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“if you never allow for the possibility that someone might care for you on your own merit, their way of demonstrating it will always feel unusual or inadequate”
― Nathaniel Ian Miller, The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven