“Life is a book. Keep writing your book.”— Lailah Gifty Akita Related Quotes “they’d become unaccustomed to the brightness of their own city, and, faced with it now in all its intensity, they cupped their hands over their eyes as if staring into the sun.”— Jennifer E. Smith “Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.”— Alexander Hamilton “One should never expect anyone to reply to one’s questions.”— Patrick Modiano