Vicki

“Toddling with pants down into our uncertain future.”
― Kayla Rae Whitaker, The Animators

“Now one often saw only her face and body, while her soul was not seen at all.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“And I feel certain there must be a second set of laws, inscrutable but real, that governs exactly how much a particular individual can give to and receive from another. Some hydrology of human generosity. Because there are these gifts we can make to one another freely, reflexively, with no sting of loss; and there are gifts we fight to relinquish, beg to get.”
― Karen Russell, Sleep Donation

“The world was almost at the point of forgetting what a fine time people can have helping one another. That people like to work together and to kick back after work and share their experiences. What would happen if our foreign policy centered on the cultivation of joy rather than pain? she thought.”
― Alice Walker, Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart