Jonquil Garrick

“He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you can’t make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
― Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes

“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
― James A. Michener

“If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.”
― Amy Tan

“You're unusual. That's better than popular if you have some courage.”
― Debra Dean, The Madonnas of Leningrad