Mary Ditta
https://www.goodreads.com/maryditta
“Yes, but the main thing is that greatness is doable. Greatness is many, many individual feats, and each of them is doable.”
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
“Without effort, your talent is nothing more than unmet potential. Without effort, your skill is nothing more than what you could have done but didn't.”
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
“The single best thing an actor can do, both professionally and personally, is to create their own work.”
― The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide
― The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide
“He often makes blithe remarks about things he 'wishes'. I wish you didn't have to go, he says when she's leaving, or: I wish you could stay the night. If he really wished any of those things, Marianne knows, then they would happen. Connell always gets what he wants, and then feels sorry for himself when what he wants doesn't make him happy.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“It was culture as class performance, literature fetishised for its ability to take educated people on false emotional journeys, so that they might afterwards feel superior to the uneducated people whose emotional journeys they liked to read about.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mary’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Mary
Lists liked by Mary













