Debbie

“I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way.”
― Walter Tevis

“Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Albert Einstein didn’t speak until he was four years old and was considered not very bright. Oprah Winfrey was demoted from a news anchor job because she was thought to be unfit for television. Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper for lacking imagination. Thomas Edison was called stupid by his teachers. The Beatles were told they didn’t have a great sound and rejected by Decca Recording Studios. Dr. Suess was rejected by twenty-seven publishers. Abraham Lincoln had a long list of failures, including eight election losses and a nervous breakdown.”
― Tim Suttle, Shrink: Faithful Ministry in a Church-Growth Culture

“It doesn’t have to end, does it?”
“I hope it never ends.”
― Cassia Leo, The Way We Fall

“No one ever does anything our of charity," Anna went on. "Every choice we make benefits ourselves directly or indirectly. Even if it looks like a sacrifice, the alternative would be unbearable in some way. If I hadn't helped I wouldn't sleep well , and I need my sleep.”
― Sara Donati, The Gilded Hour