Cindy

“...because dreaming backwards can carry a man through some dark rooms...”
― Rick Bragg, All Over But the Shoutin'

“Anyhow, the older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I’m far more moved by authenticity. Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet resonance that never fails to stir me.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“Be a Communist, a stamp collector, or a Ladies’ Aid worker if you must, but for heaven’s sake, be something.”
― Marjorie Hillis, Live Alone and Like It

“She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter