Ari Robin McKenna

“There's a certain quixotic calm to an empty school hallway.”
― Paul Beatty, Tuff

“Spencer asked why he warranted an embrace from Winston rather than the standard soul shake. "Rabbi, that n_____ got stories to tell, but the fucked-up thing is, he so deep in the life, he can't tell them.”
― Paul Beatty, Tuff

“To say homeboy, daydream, decanter, meadowland, rhythm. To say anything.
To listen to the sum of every silence.
To give name to the space full of promise.
And then to fall silent.”
― Yuri Herrera

“Spencer wanted to defend his actions but knew that anything he'd say would sound hollow. Goose bumps rose on his skin. He felt as if he were shrinking before Winston, soluble in his own bullshit, his body bubbling and floating toward the sky in tiny pieces like an antacid tablet dissolving into the night. Before disappearing completely, he turned to leave.”
― Paul Beatty, Tuff