Carla

“It took me a while to see that the contrast between the racism directed at Billie and the compassion offered to addicted white stars like Judy Garland was not some weird misfiring of the drug war—it was part of the point.”
― Johann Hari, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs

“His elegant librarianship ... made me appreciate how order is created: Not through grand schemes - to which I was often drawn - but by small graceful actions, repeated often and refined with time.”
― Avi Steinberg, Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian

“I am often tired. I am sometimes discouraged. I am always sure.”
― Steven Millhauser, Dangerous Laughter

“Love is a willingness to sacrifice.”
― Michael Novak