There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher.

“There is a reason history has, at its heart, the narrative of one's life.”

“Because you can always count on a book to stay the same . Everything changes wh…”

“You're unwilling to go out on a limb because it just might break underneath you.”

“I learn from my own daughter that you don’t have to be awake to cry.”