Lynecia

“In her orchard the trees had been born from deaths; they marked and grew from the remains of the children that had passed through her.”
― Nadifa Mohamed, The Orchard of Lost Souls

“If you are reading in order to become a better reader, you cannot read just any book or article. You will not improve as a reader if all you read are books that are well within your capacity. You must tackle books that are beyond you, or, as we have said, books that are over your head. Only books of that sort will make you stretch your mind. And unless you stretch, you will not learn.”
― Mortimer Adler

“Energy rightly applied and directed will accomplish anything.”
― Nellie Bly

“Here was her secret: she loved so deeply the depth could never be charted.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Book of Magic