"You go on. You set one foot in front of the other, and if a thin voice cries out, somewhere behind you, you pretend not to hear, and keep going."
— Geraldine Brooks (March)

"A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand."
— Geraldine Brooks (People of the Book)

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
— Maya Angelou

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi