Mentor Public Library

Blame is a human concept, one of its blackest and most selfish and self-binding.

It’s easier to know who I’m not than to know who I am. When everyone expects me to fail, it’s easier to give up than to try.

Loss of reputation and the regard of our fellow persons is in any society, from Iceland to Malaysia, a terrible blow to the spirit. It is worse than being penniless and more cutting than the blades of enemies.

The girl lives in a beautiful dollhouse made of stone, I wrote one time in my diary when I was young, my handwriting shaky but sure. But underneath her shining plastic smile, there are only screams.

Better to remain always self-reliant. Self-reliance means you're in control. Don't ever think you need a man for happiness.

Governments and fashions come and go but Jane Eyre is for all time.

Our character isn’t defined by the battles we win or lose, but by the battles we dare to fight.

We're more than the sum total of our choices, that all the paths we might have taken factor somehow into the math of our identity.