Ruth E

“The features of character are carved out of adversity.”
― Rick Barnett

“Someone else always has to carry on the story.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Every American autobiography, someone once said, is about one thing—escape. Look into the frightened heart of an American life, and you’ll find a compulsion to flee—a seed planted in the national character at the start by those ships sailing out of Europe and landing on our shores.
— Teller: A Novel”
― Frederick Weisel

“Scars are just another kind of memory.”
― M.L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans