Keith Harris

“That in a nutshell characterizes the people of the Southern Appalachian Highlands. We refuse to be embarrassed just because we made a mistake, even a really big mistake.”
― Carolyn Jourdan, Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring

“Plenty of people have dreams, after all, but many do nothing to actually accomplish them.”
― Emily Esfahani Smith, The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”
― Hazel Lindsey, Fireball: The true story of a Tennessee plow girl who survived poverty, abuse, and eleven husbands with wit, wisdom, and tenacity.

“the daily life of city dwellers today is technically a form of mild but persistent torture, in which victims and victimisers are equally affected. And all call it ‘progress’.”
― John Anthony West, Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt