Julia Van pelt

“Sometimes it seems to me that in this absurdly random life, there is some inherent justice in the outcome of personal relationships. In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving. We get to keep no more than we earn by our own efforts. In a way, we each get what we deserve. Everyone is entitled to keep as much garbage as he is willing to put out or to put up with.”
― Sheldon B. Kopp, If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him: The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients

“and he wants to see those courtyard wells that depress the spirit and twist the soul into a truly Russian miserable knot.”
― Elena Gorokhova, A Mountain of Crumbs: A Memoir