Necmi Çoban

“But there was a part of her that wondered what would happen if she let them all in on the secret - that some mornings, it was hard to get out of bed and put on someone else's smile; that she was standing on air, a fake who laughed at all the right jokes and whispered all the right gossip and attracted the right guy, a fake who nearly forgotten what it felt like to be real... and who, when you got right down to it, didn't want to remember, because it hurt even more than this.”
― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes

“Wanting to intrude on Lech’s solitude, which was all Lech had left that he considered valuable.”
― Mick Herron, Bad Actors

“I think a lot of people are moving toward the conservative movement because we’re realizing that our grandparents had these very beautiful values that gave us a lot to look forward to.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner

“And what is your name going to be?" Ms. Isle asks me as we are ending our session. "You need to think of a stage name. Something that will set you apart. A name that will cause the judges to sit up and think, now she is someone special!"

I shrug. “I don’t want to be anyone else. I’m just Brooke.”

“Be aware, everyone else is coming up with a stage name. That’s part of picking out your brand. Just Brooke isn’t going to get any attention.”

“Maybe not," I agree. "But my singing will!”
― Sunshine Rodgers, Just Brooke