Joyce Carol Oates

“It’s where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we really are.”

~ Joyce Carol Oates (b. June 16, 1938)

Joan Didion

“Do not whine… Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.”

Joan Didion (b. December 5, 1934 – d. December 23, 2021)

“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― Anne Frank (b. 12 June 1929 – d. February 1945, aged 15)

Maria Khoreva (b. July 3, 2000) has been first soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet since 2018.

“Do a loony-goony dance, ‘cross the kitchen floor, put something silly in the world that ain’t been there before.”

—Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic (b. Sept. 25, 1930 – d. May 10, 1999)

“My father always said, ‘Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf’ — so I make sure I read.”

Emilia Clarke

“I knew that I just didn’t have it in me to give up, even if I sometimes felt like a fool for continuing to believe.”

Misty Copeland (b. September 10, 1982)