A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars

There’s no such thing as can’t. Kant is a German philosopher who died in eighteen hundred and four.

Have to learn to take the rough with the smooth.

‘Give her this. My dagger to help her in battle. May the child be a princess, a true warrior, valiant in the face of danger yet merciful to those she defeats.’

‘May your spear arm be strong, my daughter,’ the tall man adds. ‘Your legs swift as a gazelle and your heart the mighty heart of a lioness protecting her cubs.’

The same voice Mama Rose uses when we’re in trouble and she’s determined to browbeat black-boots into submission.

I know she loves me, but it can’t be right to rule someone you love through fear.

best performances are achieved through daily application of strength, discipline and persistence. Luck has little to do with it

We smile at everyone we see. That’s our job: to look excited.