Michael Kuhn

“Let it go and Hold on! In the way of so many great philosophies, those apparent opposites prove to be two sides of the same coin. To hold securely to the well-formed purposes of your own will, you must let go of the vain idea that you can control people or events or the tides of fate. You can’t change what was, nor entirely control what will be. But you can choose who you are and what you stand for and what you will try to accomplish.”
― David von Drehle, The Book of Charlie

“I too had to understand that previous lives are no longer accessible. That they are, in fact, quite gone. That one can learn, must learn, to live anew.”
― Brinda Charry, The East Indian: A Novel

“A problem with prosperity is that it makes a place long on crowds and short on people.”
― John Larison, Whiskey When We're Dry

“She was unusual in her lack of criticism, or critical silence; the only female in Strike’s life who seemed to have no desire to improve or correct him. Women, in his experience, often expected you to understand that it was a measure of how much they loved you that they tried their damnedest to change you.”
― Robert Galbraith, The Silkworm