Andi

“I am trying to keep it all together -- not lashing out in anger, not bursting into tears, because what is anger, but pain masquerading as bravado?”
― Ava Chin, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming

“I believe passion and persistence are incompatible with, in fact dramatically damaged by, cynicism, apathy, discouragement, and whining (cynicism and whining probably being my two biggest pet peeves). If you are going to be a social crusader, you must eliminate these things from your vocabulary and behavior. They are pernicious. They all kill the spirit of effort. When you use the language of these qualities, it results in an inertia so strong that it creates a strangling atmosphere of powerlessness.”
― Patch Adams, Gesundheit!: Bringing Good Health to You, the Medical System, and Society through Physician Service, Complementary Therapies, Humor, and Joy

“I find we often worry too much about how people see us. When the truth is, everyone else is more worried about how we view them.”
― Julie Klassen, The Sisters of Sea View

“A solitary soul can do little. But together...what lasting beauty we create.”
― Julie Klassen, The Sisters of Sea View