Emory R. Frie

"Blood, sweat, and tea, sister! That's what it takes to achieve all great and terrible things."

"I was going to make him proud of the man I would become. I was finally going to chart my own course, rattle the stars, and then… Then I would deserve it.”“Deserve what?”“The way he used to look at me, like I was a hero, or something close to one."