Peggy

“I’ll tell you a secret. I’m not responsible for whether my students care or don’t care. That care has to come from them—not me.” “Where does that leave you?” “No matter what, Ari, my job is to care.” “Even when they don’t?” “Even when they don’t.” “No matter what?” “No matter what.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“I do not know why the mind chooses these small things to break itself on.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee

“To me, that is beauty. Not the gleam of prefabricated perfection, but the road-worn beauty of individuality, time, and wisdom.”
― Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music