Amanda Mitchell

“Perhaps I should just bury myself and become a diamond after thousands of years of intense pressure”
― Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal

“To me, the rainbow was a profoundly hopeful symbol, separating the the white light of appearances into its multiple spectrum and revealing a hidden dimension. It reminded me of my belief that it was the mission of science to pierce through the layers of everyday reality and penetrate to the truth.”
― Candace B. Pert, Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine

“Nothing is set in stone. A bird can be refolded into a boat, a fish, a kimono, or any other extravagant vision. At other times it aches to return to its original folds. The paper begins to fray. It tires, rebels.”
― Tor Udall, A Thousand Paper Birds

“Abraham Lincoln's principle for greatness can be adopted by nearly all. This was his rule: Whatsoever he had to do at all, he put his whole mind into it and held it all there until that was all done.”
― Russell H. Conwell, Acres of Diamonds