Kasey

“When self-interest and the common good meet, the market can be said to be steered by an invisible hand.”
― Petra Durst-Benning, While the World Is Still Asleep

“I want to see you happy. I want you to live in the moment and smile spontaneously. Your entire face lights up. It’s beautiful.” I”
― Kerry Lonsdale, Everything We Keep

“Because it’s based on what people need. When people come here, everything in their life is bad, but that’s not the problem. The problem is, they think it always will be. They can’t see anything new and different down the road. People can bear almost any amount of pain if they think there’s an end to it. So suddenly something happens that they never could have imagined: a daft old man invites them in for a nice hearty meal. It’s not the man or the meal that convinces them. It’s that they forgot how at any moment something can always happen that you never expected. Something better. Once they remember that, it’s a whole new ball game.” I”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Ask Him Why

“And Gerhard destroyed what little confidence I had, bit by bit. It felt like I was dissolving more each day, like an old rag with threads that get more and more fragile. At some point, there wouldn’t have been much left of me at all.” She laughed sadly.”
― Petra Durst-Benning, The Queen of Beauty