Maduvanthi Venkatesan

“I would never again be made a foot soldier in a conflict I did not understand.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“For in the tumble of all that is life, there are moments that lift a man into a quiet place, where the wonder is in the drawing of each breath.”
― Catherine McKinnon, Storyland

“This is a magical place,” I said. “Everything shines here.” “You must stop yourself from thinking like that,” Dr. Kerry said, his voice raised. “You are not fool’s gold, shining only under a particular light. Whomever you become, whatever you make yourself into, that is who you always were. It was always in you. Not in Cambridge. In you. You are gold. And returning to BYU, or even to that mountain you came from, will not change who you are. It may change how others see you, it may even change how you see yourself—even gold appears dull in some lighting—but that is the illusion. And it always was.”
― Tara Westover, Educated