Ashra

“And I told her that’s a silly goal, because fifty books is too many!” Beatrice cuts in, smacking Lauren’s shoulder with a folded newspaper. “What’s she doing, reading fifty books? Watch some damn TV. That’s what I say. Doctor’s orders.”
― Jake Maia Arlow, How to Excavate a Heart

“Denial is death. It takes away the reality of the oppressed people. It happens in families. Kids are abused, and the parents deny it happened. It makes the kids crazy. They develop screwed-up behavior. Psychologically speaking, they don't know who they are or whether they are coming or going. Only when there is ACKNOWLEDGMENT of what happened can healing begin. TRUTH is a great medicine (178).”
― Judith Fein, Indian Time: A Year of Discovery With the Native Americans of the Southwest

“That's the thought that haunts the hunter-barque. If the vessel is lost, if all hands fall into the skies, then there's nobody to know what happened to you. Nobody to tell what beast or what machine or what act of indifferent nature or merciful divinity sent so many souls to their death.”
― Alexis Hall, Hell's Heart

“I’m not letting you abandon me in a haunted church—” “It’s not haunted!” “If I’m in here, and I’m a ghost, then it’s haunted!” Julian shot back.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys