Barbara Smith

“The gifts of the Almighty are weighed and parceled out in a scale peculiar to himself.”
― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

“Like so much of what she said about herself, it was both a joke and not a joke.”
― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin. 'You.'"

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― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre