Anna DB

“This may be the fundamental problem with caring a lot about what others think: It can put you on the established path--the my-isn't-that-impressive path--and keep you there for a long time. Maybe it stops you from swerving, from ever considering a swerve, because what you risk losing in terms of other people's high regard can feel too costly.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming

“Books that hadn’t been cracked since they were shelved. Give money to a monkey and he’ll fill his cage with bananas. Give the same money to a dim American and he’ll build a show library every time.”
― Jess Walter, The Cold Millions

“He smiled. “I guess somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“The line between this and that, you and her, us and them, the line is thin.”
― Monica Wood, How to Read a Book