Ruth Shaw

“I remember Dad saying to me, many years later when I was leaving to go join the navy, that life was like playing cards. You’re given a hand, and the way you play that hand may determine the rest of the month, the rest of the year, or the rest of your life. But you don’t have time to plan, because if you hesitate when you’re playing cards, people may guess your next move. His lasting piece of advice was: ‘Whenever you’re in a situation, just think of your life as a pack of cards and imagine how you would play that hand. You can turn a losing hand into a winning hand by the card you play next.”
― Ruth Shaw, The Bookseller at the End of the World