Shelli

“Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.”
― James Allen

“Maybe that was why she couldn't cry, she realized, staring dry-eyed at the ceiling. Because what was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn't even comfort yourself?”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

“With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Tain't no use in you cryin' . . . But folks is meant to cry 'bout somethin' or other. Better leave things de way dey is. Youse young yet. No tellin' whut mout happen befo' you die.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God