Kristina

“One thing I’ve learned, Calvin: people will always yearn for a simple solution to their complicated problems. It’s a lot easier to have faith in something you can’t see, can’t touch, can’t explain, and can’t change, rather than to have faith in something you actually can.” She sighed. “One’s self, I mean.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“We both know food is the catalyst that unlocks our brains, binds our families, and determines our futures.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“Human emotion is beyond comprehension, smooth and uninterrupted, like an orb made of blown glass.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

“For the king knows that in order to dominate other cultures, you must capture not only their lands, crops and assets but also their collective imagination, their shared memories.”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky