Susan Hasty

“Ada had said that social class was sometimes negotiable in making matches, but often not. And I finally understood she didn’t mean money. She meant values. Core beliefs. The way we treated others. You could be rich as Croesus and still not have class. And while Freddy and I fell into the same category financially, the divide between how we viewed the world was as wide as the ocean in front of me. Shirley as well. Neither of them grew in a vacuum. And she couldn’t care less whom Freddy married or how many children he fathered, as long as she got a front-row seat to any resulting dramatics.”
― Sara Goodman Confino, Don’t Forget to Write

“Do not let anything that happens in life be important enough that you’re willing to close your heart over it.”
― Michael A. Singer, The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

“In a game”
― Kenneth Oppel, Best of All Worlds

“A well crafted life is like a good poem. What is left out tells others every bit as much about you as what is added in.”
― Eric Vance Walton