Ellaine Extracts

“Jonathan never takes anything personally; he always sees himself as a statistical reflection of a larger trend in society.”
― Nora Ephron, Heartburn

“old poem by Spencer Michael Free with thunderous passion: ’Tis the human touch in this world that counts, The touch of your hand and mine, Which means far more to the fainting heart Than shelter and bread and wine. For shelter is gone when the night is o’er, And bread lasts only a day. But the touch of the hand and the sound of the voice Sing on in the soul always.”
― Robin S. Sharma, The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.

“I remembered my father coaching me before I took my GCE exam and how he said, as I stalled in solving a long equation, 'Yes, you're getting there. Don't doubt yourself. Don't stop.' Is that why I believe now in always trying? It is, of course, too easy to draw simple causative lines. It was the wholeness of him that formed me, but it was also these incidents, slice by slice.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief

“love may or may not be homesickness, but homesickness is most definitely love.”
― Nora Ephron, I Feel Bad About My Neck