Brenda Kirk

“I was weary of the trail, but still strangely in its thrall; found the endless slog tedious but irresistible; grew tired of the boundless woods but admired their boundlessness; enjoyed the escape from civilization and ached for its comforts. I wanted to quit and to do this forever, sleep in a bed and in a tent, see what was over the next hill and never see a hill again. All of this all at once, every moment, on the trail or off. “I don’t know,” I said. “Yes and no, I guess. What about you?” He”
― Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

“Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a bit.”
― C.L. Bevill, Bubba and the 12 Deadly Days of Christmas

“someone told her that at that pivotal moment she’d played a good game of something called “negotiation jujitsu”; but she knew that she was just doing what you learn to do naturally as a quiet person in a loudmouth world.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Ben Franklin turkey myth: He didn’t champion turkeys as nation’s symbol. He used turkeys in electricity experiments”
― Patricia Lockwood, No One Is Talking About This