Elisabeth

“Perhaps this is my destiny—to be the one sensible thing in an often senseless world.”
― Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons

“While it is true that there is a freedom in forgetting—and this country has made great use of that freedom—there is a tremendous power in remembrance. Indeed, it is memory that teaches us, and reminds us, again and again, who we truly are and who we have always been.”
― Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons

“Still, I wasn’t ready to forgive her. I wasn’t ready to welcome her into our life. I know I was being cruel. But I was a teenager: cruelty was the only leverage I had.”
― Kelly Barnhill, When Women Were Dragons

“carry your hearts high in the face of difficult things.”
― Vanda Krefft, Expect Great Things!: How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women