Michael Sliney

“Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?” — Frank Herbert, Dune

“Hope was the wind that came from nowhere to fill your sails and carry you home.”
― King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.” — Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“If you don’t try at anything you can’t fail… it takes backbone to lead the life you want.”
– from Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

“And that’s where the whole trouble is. We’re too much alike to understand each other because we don’t even understand our own selves.” – Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn