Jill Biden

"My message is: never forget that what you're doing matters," she said. "Right now, someone out there is a better thinker because of you. Someone is standing a little taller because you helped them find the confidence they need…. And someone is kinder because you showed them what that meant."

--at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting (Jan 26, 2021)

Henry David Thoreau

Live in each season as it passes: breathe in the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.--

 

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"Jacob"

"Finally, I realized that my relationship with her had brought me nothing but stress and unhappiness for, at that point, really years," he said. "That smart, awesome person that I used to know just didn't exist anymore. So I decided to cut my losses and cauterize the wound." 

--"Jacob," about his mother and her belief in QAnon conspiracy theories via https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/14/qanon-families-support-group/