Greg

“Beautiful things don't ask for attention.”
― James Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

“What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.”
― Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook

“I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.”
― Rick Moody

“The heart is the toughest part of the body.
Tenderness is in the hands.”
― Carolyn Forché, The Country Between Us