Jayson Sutherland

“The Extrovert Ideal has been documented in many studies, though this research has never been grouped under a single name. Talkative people, for example, are rated as smarter, better-looking, more interesting, and more desirable as friends. Velocity of speech counts as well as volume: we rank fast talkers as more competent and likable than slow ones.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“He closed his eyes and sank into the warm dusk that separates consciosness and sleep, where reality bends and sways to the wind of thought, and where creativity blossoms in its freedom from boundaries and all things are possible.”
― Christopher Paolini

“You know, Ava, it’s good to be smart, but kindness is more important. Oh dear, another old-lady chestnut to stitch on a sampler. Or maybe one of those cute little throw pillows.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“----quick-witted, an open book in her lap; inside her chest pulses something huge, something full of longing, something unafraid.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See