Andrea

“Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.”
― Mark Twain

“You cannot compel love," he said finally, "nor summon it at will. Still less," he added ruefully, "can you dismiss it.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade

“Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull me into his lap and reach for the snow globe. He would turn it over, letting all the snow collect on the top, then quickly invert it. The two of us watched the snow fall gently around the penguin. The penguin was alone in there, I thought, and I worried for him. When I told my father this, he said, "Don't worry, Susie; he has a nice life. He's trapped in a perfect world.”
― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

“Because when something happens, she's the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love.”
― David Levithan, Every Day