“The great strength she had used in the old days to conquer and subdue, to win her will and to defend her way, seemed now a power but to protect the suffering and uphold the weak, and this she did, not alone in hovels but in the brilliant court and world of fashion, for there she found suffering and weakness also, all the more bitter and sorrowful since it dared not cry aloud.” Inspirational QuotesSufferingQualityMercyCharitySuccor Book:A Lady of Quality Source: A Lady of Quality
“The librarium — the sum total of what reading represents and does — is strong. Read with any consistency and you will be succored, you will be reconstituted and, if you hang tough enough, you will eventually be transformed. Without fucking fail.” ReadingBooksTransformationSuccorReconstitution Author:Junot Díaz