Ifeoma

“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

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
― Sharon Salzberg

“For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden