DR

“Potential without focus and full commitment bears no fruit.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Risky, thought Paul D, very risky. For a used-to-be-slave woman to love anything that much was dangerous, especially if it was her children she had settled on to love. The best thing, he knew, was to love just a little bit; everything, just a little bit, so when they broke its back, or shoved it in a croaker sack, well, maybe you’d have a little love left over for the next one.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“Youth fools us into thinking there are infinite paths to choose from in life; maturity tricks us into thinking there is only one.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“Age allowed me to understand that pain is unavoidable, and you’d live a very meaningless life trying to avoid it.”
― Millie Belizaire, fast