Ryann Amanda

“Because despite the gulf, physical and cultural, between the United States and Japan, both societies are, in the end made up of people, and people everywhere--when you strip away their superficial differences--are crazy.”
― Dave Barry, Dave Barry Does Japan

“If you can't make your life meaningful, make it extraordinary.”
― Douglas Westerbeke, A Short Walk Through a Wide World

“Here's what I was thinking: that gorillas will lie to deflect blame from themselves. That chimps deceive. And monkeys will sit high in a tree and pretend there's danger, even when there isn't. But not elephants. An elephant will never pretend to be something she's not.”
― Jodi Picoult, Leaving Time

“As long as she has a book to read, she's not bothered.”
― Douglas Westerbeke