Lisa

“The human brain has a marvelous capacity to screen and sort experience, protecting itself against the unbearable.”
― Rick Yancey, The Last Star

“I looked through others' windows
On an enchanted earth
But out of my own window--
solitude and dearth.

And yet there is a mystery
I cannot understand--
That others through my window
See an enchanted land.”
― Jessie B. Rittenhouse

“...if I have learned any one thing over the years, it's that life contains too many variables for us to be absolutely certain about anything. In the last analysis, there is no accounting for the human factor. It is always easier to deal with things than with men, and no one can direct his life entirely as he would choose.”
― Harry Haskell, Maiden Flight

“I am not especially unsophisticated about people, and yet I am so inclined to idealize and idolize the few that I am really attached to. I should know better...”
― Harry Haskell, Maiden Flight