Adele Costigan

“Dr. Mason had warned her that infants were hard work, but this wasn’t work: it was indenture. The tiny tyrant was no less demanding than Nero; no less insane than King Ludwig. And the crying. It made her feel inadequate. Worse, it raised the possibility that her daughter might not like her. Already.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
― Mark Twain

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
― Mahatma Gandhi