Kelly

“A semi-human bath sponge with protruding front teeth! On sale as if it were something completely unremarkable! For my entire life, people have said that I’m strange, but really, when I see things like this, I realize that I’m actually relatively normal.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
― Desmond Tutu

“When you’re reading a novel, do you “see” the characters in your mind’s eye? Do you visualize settings and enjoy lush descriptions?”
― Sadie Dingfelder, Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter's Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination

“There can’t be anyone, I am sure, who doesn’t know what it feels like to be disliked, even rejected, momentarily or for sustained periods of time. Perhaps the feeling is merely indifference, mild annoyance, but it may also be hurt. It may even be that some of us know what it is like to be actually hated—hated for things we have no control over and cannot change. When this happens, it is some consolation to know that the dislike or hatred is unjustified—that you don’t deserve it. And if you have the emotional strength and/or support from family and friends, the damage is reduced or erased. We think of it as the stress (minor or disabling) that is part of life as a human.”
― Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye