Derek Reilly

“It’s not long before I notice the unpleasant thoughts have subsided in my mind, flowering roots plucked from their beds of soil and dragged screaming.”
― Eric LaRocca, The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales

“We all had good lives. None of us were ever victimized as far as I know. We have never wanted for anything, nor have we ever lusted for anything. Our parents are all together, except for Susan’s. We’ve been dealt good hands, but the real morality here, Todd, is whether these good hands are squandered on uncreative lives, or whether these hands are applied to continuing humanity’s dream.”
― Douglas Coupland, Microserfs

“Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signs—all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured.”
― Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

“Is heaven a physical place or just a state of mind?”
― Robert Kolker, Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery