Jospeh Markwardt

“Quietly, Miss Alice was demonstrating this God of love and beauty too—in small ways and in large. For a few, the concept that life did not have to be all starkness and misery was slowly taking root. Tentatively, timidly—constantly encouraged by Miss Alice—some of the women were at last reaching out for light and beauty and joy.”
― Catherine Marshall, Christy

“One must not live one's life through men but must be complete on oneself as a woman of substance.”
― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary

“I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color”
― Malcolm X

“This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it.”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master