Erin

“I'm crying too much- I can't see where I'm going, Daddy,' Ruth told him again.
'But that's the test, Ruthie. The test is, sometimes there's no place to pull over- sometimes you can't stop, and you have to find a way to keep going. You got it?'
'Got it,' she said.
'So,' her father said, 'now you know everything.”
― John Irving, A Widow for One Year

“She cursed me at such length and with such inventiveness I had to check both my watch and my dictionary.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer

“The kids silenced.
"OK,"' Julia said. "Well, as you probably know, I'm Sam's mom. He told me not to make a big deal, so I'll keep this to the essentials. First, I want to let you all know how totally psyched I am to be here with you."
Sam closed his eyes, willing himself to unlearn object permanence.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Here I Am

“It’s said that the biggest determinant of our lives is whether we see the world as welcoming or hostile. Each becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
― Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road