Valerie

“because the tree keeps growing regardless if you're too tired to climb”
― Christopher Gutierrez

“The outside lights were on, and it was snowing, and it looked like magic. Like we were somewhere else. Like we were someplace better.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“You're a bitter man," said Candide.
That's because I've lived," said Martin.”
― Voltaire, Candide