Gayla Marks

“Invoking the story of David, Davies implored his students to “imbibe and cherish a public spirit. Serve your generation. Live not for your selves, but the public. Be the servants of the Church; the servants of your Country; the servants of all.” He exhorted them to “esteem yourselves” not by how much “more happy, honourable and important” you can become but by how much “more useful you are!”
― Stephen Fried, Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father

“They spoke of small things at first, since it was best, when reattaching threads, to begin with the easiest knots.”
― Chris Cleave, Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

“Confucius didn’t care much for women: When a girl, obey your father; when a wife, obey your husband; when a widow, obey your son.”
― Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women

“If there is happiness at age three, it will last until you reach eighty.”
― Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women