“There is nothing more satisfying than having plans.”

“Reaching too deep into something not meant for you is full of pain. Figure out what you can have and work on that”

“This was the face of slavery. To have nothing, and still have something more to lose.”

“Reaching too deep into something not meant for you is full of pain. Figure out what you can have and work on that”

“To want and not to have, sent all up her body a hardness, a hollowness, a strain. And then to want and not to have- to want and want- how that wrung the heart, and wrung it again and again!”

“Heavy laden -- that's what I am. Laden with pride, often thinking myself better than others while we have to think the other one better than ourselves. Laden with my own egotism. Laden with all my ...”