Ginny Koenig

“Which word?” someone said. “Panic,” said T.J. But no one raised a hand. She explained. It came from the Greek god Pan: the god of the woods. He liked to trick people”
― Liz Moore, The God of the Woods

“I open the front and read the dedication: “To those who live in prisons of their own or others’ making.”
― Wally Lamb, The River Is Waiting

“Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength—carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.’—Corrie ten Boom.”
― Wally Lamb, The River Is Waiting

“mine. Stories are gifts given by an elder to a younger person. Unfortunately, this gift is not given, nor received, as often today because many of our youth are occupied by television and the fast pace of modern-day living. Maybe tomorrow a few of today’s generation who were sensitive enough to have listened to their elders’ wisdom will have the traditional word-of-mouth stories living within their memory. Perhaps”
― Velma Wallis, Two Old Women, [Anniversary Edition]: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival