Phyllis

“Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.”
― Alex Haley

“I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

“You never realize how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.”
― Tom Wolfe

“Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forwards in a kind of flood?”
― Anita Desai