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really enjoyed this quite i read today on page 170, “This was art! Expression that is born out of the necessity to navigate life… Art has the power to heal the soul.”

Ugghh reading this is so inspiring and Viola tells stories in such a way to paint the picture. I’m currently in her years at Juilliard and is absolutely fascinating. Her resilience and determination are infectious!

“A sudden silence hit the Earth. If anything it was worse than the noise. For a while nothing happened. The great ships hung motionless in the sky, over every nation on Earth. Motionless they hung, huge, heavy, steady in the sky, a blasphemy against nature… The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t. And Still nothing happened.”

“When I married Jacques I understood the exchange. My youth and beauty for his wealth. Over the years, as is the way with this particular kind of contract, my worth only diminished as his increased. I knew what I was getting into, and for the most part I do not regret my choice. But maybe ao hadn’t reckoned with the loneliness, the empty hours… Small wonder that so many women like me have dogs.”

Pg. 185, “‘If you have the fixed-mindset, you are all the time trying to find out where you stand in the hierarchy; everyone’s ranked… It’s threatening to dethrone you. You dismiss people’s ideas with the notion that ‘I know better so I don’t have to listen to what you have to say.’
In the growth mind-set, you’re not so worried about proving your position relative to those around you.”