Ancient Quote by Orson Scott Card

“She found a deep sense of fitness in the fact that here, among people, they should be strangers; strangers and enemies. She thought, these…

— Ayn Rand

“She found it an interesting exercise to explore a place with a person she did not know well, following not only her own impulses…

— Lydia Davis

“Common sense...was one of the strongest ingredients of her character. She knew well enough that her fate was not to be an iota different…

— Nancy Byrd Turner

“She was becoming the person she'd be for her whole life. Each thing she chose contributed to that person. She didn't want to be…

— Ann Brashares

“She had discovered early that what we want out of life can change; that the important thing is to learn to recognize or even…

— Candice Proctor

“That was the heart of the difference, she thought. In her world she had learned to be . Other people seemed to gain their…

— Mary Balogh

“Looking back over nearly a quarter of a century, she saw that that had been the characteristic of her life -passivity, adaptability to others.”

— Doris Lessing

“Most of all, she went out of her way to provide them with the kinds of experiences that would expand their understanding of what…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

“Yeah, there were regrets - but mostly there was an understanding - it had all brought her to here. To now. To who she…

— Anonymous

“large part of her simplicity consisted in determining not to want what she could not have with ease. So”

— James Baldwin

“She didn’t know where this path would take her or how she’d fare, but the unknowns didn’t scare her like they used to. After…

— Melissa K. Magner

“For most of her life she just expected things would work out, that people would be kind. Now she recognized her good fortune for…

— Stewart O'Nan