Julia Elrod

“Even the stupidest ideas have resonance once they've happened.”
― Ann Patchett, The Dutch House

“The ultimate expression of love is nagging, we don't nag anyone the way we nag the people we love.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“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

“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