R.L.S. Hoff

“Borsk watched Anya scoot away from the shuttle stop, her legs moving as fast as the blades on his family's restaurant's salad chopper. She was surprisingly speedy for a short girl.
And surprisingly nice for a rich one. He wished he hadn't seen how respectful she was with Old Greeley, or how anxious she was to avoid special treatment, in both the greenhouse and out on the suspension bridge. He wished he hadn't seen the way her whole face lit up when anyone praised her art. He especially wished he hadn't seen her manage to seem disappointed, not relieved, when her dating pool color didn't match up with VJ Brown's.
He wished he could keep thinking of her as a stuck-up rich kid.
Then maybe he wouldn't feel so bad about totally ripping her off.”
― R.L.S. Hoff, Leaving Hope

“You should have her come talk to me. I know it's hard to buck the system, but if we artists don't do it, who will?”
― R.L.S. Hoff, Leaving Hope

“You're not crazy," Darvian said. "You're merely dealing with realities you haven't faced before.”
― R.L.S. Hoff, Songs of Healing

“In many ways, what we do is a shadow of what's real. Politics can protect ordinary things and sometimes improve ordinary things, but it's the ordinary things that are important.”
― R.L.S. Hoff, Songs of Healing