“The nicest thing you did was to take me seriously when a lot of people wouldn’t have, but not too seriously, which was just right.”
― Personal History (Pulitzer Prize Winner): A Memoir
― Personal History (Pulitzer Prize Winner): A Memoir
“I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on.”
― Orphan Train
― Orphan Train
“I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.”
― Orphan Train
― Orphan Train
“Turtles carry their homes on their backs.” Running her finger over the tattoo, she tells him what her dad told her: “They’re exposed and hidden at the same time. They’re a symbol of strength and perseverance.”
― Orphan Train
― Orphan Train
“The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud,if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
― All's Well That Ends Well
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