Marion Driessen

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
― Ted Hughes, Letters of Ted Hughes

“One doesn’t become a witch to run around being helpful either…. It’s to escape all that – to have a life of one’s own, not an existence doled out to you by others, charitable refuse of their thoughts, so many ounces of stale bread of life a day.”
― Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes

“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“looked like a plus-sized Tomb Raider. I zipped a light, hooded sweatshirt over the T-shirt and marched in place, wishing I liked cardio as much as I liked cheese.”
― Bree Baker, A Call for Kelp