Whitney Johnson

“She hadn't realized how long it takes to become somebody else, or how lonely it can be living in a world not meant for you.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“Chandler, pese a ser un poco bobalicón, hacía gala de una socarronería que le servía para ocultar sus inseguridades. Esa máscara, sin embargo, permitía entrever a menudo al tipo tierno, sincero y muy necesitado de terapia que había debajo. «Sí —pensaba Perry— eso me suena».”
― Kelsey Miller, I'll be there for you

“we are more than just our genes. We are, in some way, a product of the people who surround us—the people we’re forced to grow up with, and the people we choose to be with later.”
― Robert Kolker, Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

“The speech set a pattern that he would follow throughout the war, offering a sober appraisal of facts, tempered with reason for optimism. “It would be foolish to disguise the gravity of the hour,” he said. “It would be still more foolish to lose heart and courage.”
― Erik Larson, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz