Barbara Lee

“Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read; and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the little time he had in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know.”
― John Williams, Stoner

“All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“She was smart enough to want more but tired enough to accept the way things were.”
― Roxane Gay, Difficult Women

“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved