Amanda

“Booze, he thought. I chose booze over my Moonflower.”
― James McBride, Deacon King Kong

“Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“There's a wonderful quote attributed to George Lucas: "We're all living in cages with the door wide open." That was me until I realized I had the power - and the responsibility - to set myself free. To step out of the cage of whatever I'd experienced in the past, to think for myself, and to believe in my choices.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“He felt like a radio tuning in to a new channel, one that was beginning to fuzz into range, slowly coming in clear, proper, the way his Hettie had always wanted him to be. The new feeling humbled him.”
― James McBride, Deacon King Kong