Michelle Moran

“...we are all sorry when loss comes for us. The test of our character comes not in how many tears we shed but in how we act after those tears have dried.”

“Pain moves us forward, changing us into something else, something we need to be.”

“Some people are so impoverished all they have is gold.”

“Arjun: ...the men are talking because you're beautiful.Sita: ...I would much rather they talk about me because I'm skilled.”

“Even prisoners can escape if they have books.”

“I'd always thought I would feel like an animal released from its cage when my student days were finished, I felt more like a bird that had been pushed from its nest and told it must fly.”

“Sometimes, Anu, we have to take actions that make us sad because it's the right thing to do for the future.”

“We can help pave the roads of those around us, but we can't choose their direction.”

“The only words free of suspicious motives will be the ones I find in books.”