Patti

“And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all its heart--that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn't exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty. Yet here we are.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

“If you think the summer sun is too hot, just remember, at least you don't have to shovel it.”
― Bob Dylan

“One of the secrets of a successful life is to know how to be a little profitably crazy.”
― Josephine Tey, To Love and Be Wise

“A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.”
― Phyllis A. Whitney, Guide to Fiction Writing