Betsy

“How did you go bankrupt?"
Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
― Aeschylus

“She folded her clothes carefully, for the benefit of Dr. Oswald. If she were neat, he’d let her live.”
― Alice Elliott Dark, Fellowship Point

“I suppose someone had tossed the puppy out of the car, since we were in the middle of nowhere, too far out for a puppy to get to on her own. Who on Earth would do such a thing?! People like that need to burn in hell, I tell you that much.”
― Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived