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“It’s as if something else takes over when I sing—a divine energy, a creative force, call it what you will—and it fills me from top to toe . . .”
― Gill Paul, Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas

“If you are unwilling or unable to pivot and adapt to the incessant, fluctuating tides of life, you will not enjoy being here. Sometimes, people try to play the cards that they wish they had, instead of playing the hand they’ve been dealt. The capacity to adjust and improvise is arguably the single most critical human ability.”
― Will Smith, Will

“You look like a startled deer emerging from a wood and seeing its first ever human being,” he said. Those were his first words to her.”
― Gill Paul, Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas

“Sometimes,” Iris began, “I don’t think we know what we’re made of until the worst moment possible happens. Then we must decide who we truly are and what is most important to us. I think we’re often surprised by what we become.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows