Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power — Abraham Lincoln
The world was hers for the reading — Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
One must always be careful of books and what is inside them, for words have…
We tell ourselves stories in order to live — Joan Didion, The White Album