“You can give your life meaning.' She stroked my forehead from the center to the temples, with just her fingertips. 'We all can.” — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
“She raised herself up on an elbow, stroked my forehead & said in a hushed half-whisper, 'You will be famous.' "The seed was planted. Ambition fed on the compost of my vanity.” — F.R. Tallis Copy Share Image