E. seaberg

“People don’t change, they only get better at hiding themselves.”
― Alec Hutson, The Shadows of Dust

“It turns out that trust is in fact earned in the smallest of moments. It is earned not through heroic deeds, or even highly visible actions, but through paying attention, listening, and gestures of genuine care and connection.”
― Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

“Laura also thought that the law had done a great deal to spoil Henry. It had changed his natural sturdy stupidity into a browbeating indifference to other people's point of view. He seemed to consider himself briefed by his Creator to turn into ridicule the opinions of those who disagreed with him, and to attribute dishonesty, idiocy, or a base motive to every one who supported a better case than he.”
― Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes

“If reading becomes a bore, mental death is on the way.”
― Joan Aiken