Amy

“I am a Woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal Woman,
that's me.”
― Maya Angelou

“I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness, and the willingness to remain vulnerable.”
― Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea

“Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.”
― Ezra Pound

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow