Angela

“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
― George Orwell, Why I Write

“Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”
― James Baldwin

“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

“So much there is to see, but our morning eyes describe a different world than do our afternoon eyes, and surely our wearied evening eyes can report only a weary evening world.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America