Julia Elrod

“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

“As a child, looking up at the contrails, she used to think that God had dragged his fingernails across the sky.”
― Madeline Cash, Lost Lambs

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

“It is an act of violence when an adult yells at a child, all adults know that deep down, because all adults were once little. Yet we still do it. Time after time, we fail at being human beings.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends