Charm Adele

“Sincerity is an easy target, but I don’t want to excise sincerity from my life – that’s a lonely way to live.”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

“You’re thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. Failure is a teacher – a harsh one, perhaps, but the best. You say you have a desk full of rejected manuscripts? That’s great! Every one of those manuscripts was rejected for a reason. Have you pulled them to pieces looking for that reason? You’ve got to put failure to work for you. That’s where you’ll find success. On the far side of failure.”
― Arthur Gordon, A Touch of Wonder

“Let’s not be too harsh where poets are concerned. They have to live in no-man’s-land, halfway between dreams and reality.”
― Arthur Gordon, A Touch of Wonder

“Mike made me feel lonely, and being alone with another person is much worse than being alone all by yourself.”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman