Rachel

“Do you enjoy reading, Lady Sarah?” he asked.
“Very much,” she answered. “Sentimental novels are my favorite, though I’m not supposed to say so.”
“Why not?” he wondered with genuine surprise.
“Because they aren’t edifying or educational. Because they teach me to expect things out of life that aren’t really possible.”
He made a scoffing sound. “Rubbish. Not the books, but those opinions. There’s nothing wrong with a little escape. And there’s certainly nothing at fault with teaching someone how to hope for a better life.”
― Eva Leigh, Temptations of a Wallflower

“All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate…I choose love.”
― Johnny Cash

“I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.”
― Malala Yousafzai

“We don't want to see our kids and grandchildren be the first generation in the modern history of America to have a lower standard of living than their parents.”
― Bernie Sanders, The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class