Julia Elrod

“But we overlay the present onto the past. We look back through the lens of what we know now, so we’re not seeing it as the people we were, we’re seeing it as the people we are, and that means the past has been radically altered.”
― Ann Patchett, The Dutch House

“Who am I to the Airotas, a jewel in the crown of their broad-mindedness?”
― Elena Ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

“He found himself thinking of Fantasia, and how Mickey Mouse had known enough to get the brooms started . . . but not enough to make them stop.”
― Stephen King, It

“All the great religious traditions of the world say, Love thy neighbor as thyself. My answer is, I'm sorry, I can't, but I'm gonna keep on trying.”
― Paul Farmer