Ingrid Spera

“My little old dog
a heart-beat
at my feet”
― Edith Wharton

“Dr Brand talked about the difference between belief and expectation. As in: it's good to BELIEVE that our efforts are likely to bring positive results, but it's another thing entirely to EXPECT that they will. We can't demand a particular outcome; we're not entitled to any particular outcome. It's the expectation that makes us so miserable when things go wrong.”
― Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams

“Histories are instruments of oppression.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

“The prince enjoyed unusually good health even among princes; both by gymnastic exercises and by taking good care of his body he had brought himself to such a state of physical fitness that in spite of the excesses he indulged in when enjoying himself, he looked as fresh as a big shiny green Dutch cucumber.”
― Leo Tolstoy