Evie

“Tova wonders sometimes if it's better that way, to have one's tragedies clustered together, to make good use of the existing rawness. Get it over with in one shot. Tova knew there was a bottom to those depths of despair. Once your soul was soaked through with grief, any more simply ran off, overflowed, the way maple syrup on Saturday morning pancakes always cascaded onto the table.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“These women have always worn motherhood big and loud on their chests, but Tova keepers hers inside, sunk deep in her guts like an old bullet. Private.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“Memories are immortal. They're deathless and precise. They have the power of giving you joy and perspective in hard times. Or, they can strangle you. Define you in a way that's based more in other people's tucked-up perceptions than truth.”
― Viola Davis, Finding Me

“Hire as few of the best people available, pay them well, give them equity and autonomy in an ethical company and leave them alone.”
― Philip Beuth, Limping on Water: My 40-year adventure with one of America's outstanding communications companies.