Gillian

“And it was like that with Colin when he first saw and heard and felt the springtime inside the four high walls of a hidden garden. That afternoon the whole world seemed to devote itself to being perfect and radiantly beautiful and kind to one boy.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Do not complain.
Make every effort to change things you o not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighbourhood.
Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.”
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

“I came to understand that I can never forget where I came from. My soul should always look back and wonder at the mountains I had climbed and the rivers I had forged and the challenges which still await down the road. I am strengthened by that knowledge.”
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

“When you know someone in such limited circumstances, the person you are with them is amplified. You become more faithful to that part of yourself.”
― Katherine Brabon, Body Friend