Norm

“Then it came to me. The only way to be free was to forgive them—and forgive myself. It was advice I’d heard plenty of times, but on that day in the hotel, I was ready to do it. In an instant, I stopped expecting anything from them. Their approval, friendship, understanding, empathy, love. And I stopped believing that Dad, Mom, and Mona were right about me—or any of us. I didn’t want to carry around the burden of longing and guilt and shame anymore. I was done.”
― David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

“When the Wolf stirred his followers in the 1930s, it worked not because Germans were inclined to hate Jews, but because all humans are inclined to hate others if they believe they are the cause of their unhappiness. The trick is to convince”
― Mitch Albom, The Little Liar

“Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy, as it says in the book of Proverbs.”
― Marie Benedict, The First Ladies

“But questioning a madman is like interrogating a spider. They both go on spinning their webs until someone squashes them out of existence.”
― Mitch Albom, The Little Liar