Pam

“J. P. Morgan once said, “If you want something too much, you will not succeed in getting it.”
― Douglas Preston, Ice Limit: La Barriere de Glace

“The sociologist Lorne Dawson has written that people can feel drawn to a charismatic leader because they affirm “what they always thought, but never heard anyone else express so well.” They are more concerned “with doing the right things than with doing things right,” and that can be appealing.”
― Leah Sottile, When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times

“Society,” concluded H. M. Ranney”
― Anderson Cooper, Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

“The logical mind tries to remind itself that sometimes you must suffer in order to feel better. But the body has its own memory: It remembers who hurt it. On an irrational level, I felt wronged by those whom I saw as having “poisoned” me (people in lab coats, phlebotomists, my mother) and by those who encouraged me to think positively about it (friends, Hallmark cards, the “cancer books” section of Barnes & Noble). Finding the silver lining felt like part of the punishment.”
― Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted