Cortney Hicks

“She wanted to be extraordinary, to possess a savage glitter.”
― Joy Williams

“Sweet girl, maybe close the world off and look at him for an hour
or two.
This is your fairy.
It ain’t perfect and it ain’t honey sweet with roses on the bed.
It’s real and raw and ugly at times. But this is your love.
Don’t throw it away searching for someone else’s love. Don’t be greedy. Instead, shelter it. Protect it. Capture every second of easy, pull through every storm of hardship. And when you can, look at him, lying next to you, trusting you not to harm him. Trusting you not to go.
Be someone’s someone for someone.
Be that someone for him.”
― Charlotte Eriksson

“Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.”
― Richard Russo

“The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.”
― Whitney M. Young Jr.