Charla

“I clamp down on those memories. I embrace fresher torments. But my shrink warned me about this, how anger and depression get misassigned, and how if I don’t work through shit it’ll keep resurfacing in ways I don’t expect.”
― Hugh Howey, Pet Rocks

“You could learn a lot from a man who knew how to say please and thank you, yes sir and yes ma’am. People worry about leopards and elephants and tigers being endangered, but we all watch as rudeness butts its way into normal conversation.”
― Aric Davis, Nickel Plated

“I ride through the city and into suburbia—just as many eyes, but twice the secrets.”
― Aric Davis, Nickel Plated

“What felt interminable the first time now passes with a quickness borne of familiarity. It makes me wonder if life seems to accelerate as we get older simply because our days and our experiences become routine. The things we recognize flash right by, where once they held our attention.”
― Hugh Howey, The Shell Collector