Annie

“Never make people laugh. If you would succeed in life, you must be solemn, solemn as an ass. All the great monuments of earth have been built over solemn asses.

- Thomas Corwin”
― Ken Jennings, Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture

“Although the sting of failure may rattle you and cause you to doubt yourself temporarily, it is the way you brush yourself off and decide to still show up and try that really determines whether you have failed or not.”
― Jenny Wang, Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans

“no, no, his ideal woman is small and resembles a Manchurian chipmunk.”
― Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

“... I used to think nothing was out of my control. If I studied more, worked harder, and hit the gym like a Peloton instructor, every goal was within reach. And now I think we're all pinballs pinging around at random, hoping that when we collide with something, it's good.”
― Cara Tanamachi, The Takeover