Ann

“He made the mistake of imagining that his possessions were a measure of his own worth, and strutted and crowed, parading his things like a schoolboy with a champion catapult.”
― John Banville, The Book of Evidence

“The fame she had described was what all mortals yearn for. It is their only hope of immortality”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“don’t worry, work, and have faith that all answers will be found there.”
― George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

“She loved nothing in the world except this woman’s son, wanted him alive more than anybody, but hadn’t the least bit of control over the predator that lived inside her. Totally taken over by her anaconda love, she had no self left, no fears, no wants, no intelligence that was her own.”
― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon