Marsha

“was not always necessary to make claims and tell people how wonderful you were to achieve greatness. Sometimes all you had to do was look wise and keep your mouth shut.”
― Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon

“the same click in the brain told Adam that his father was not a great man, that he was, indeed, a very strong-willed and concentrated little man wearing a huge busby.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“I thought of Stalin, whose body had reportedly joined Lenin’s the year before, in a similar shrine on Red Square. These atheist cultures were certainly diligent in preserving the relics of their saints.”
― Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian

“You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden