Angie Downs

“The moment you killed something – a living creature or a false hope – was the moment you came of age. Loss of innocence wasn’t a passive experience that happened to you. It was something you gave up.”
― Jennifer Miller, The Year of the Gadfly: A Novel

“To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled ‘This could change your life’.”
― Helen Exley

“A friend said to me, “Hey you need to grow a pair. Grow a pair, Bro.” It’s when someone calls you weak, but they associate it with a lack of testicles. Which is weird, because testicles are the most sensitive things in the world. If you suddenly just grew a pair, you’d be a lot more vulnerable. If you want to be tough, you should lose a pair. If you want to be real tough, you should grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.”
― Sheng Wang