Charla

“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

“It isn’t much, but it allows the writer a place of reflection, a place to discuss anything with nobody.”
― Forbes West, Nighthawks at the Mission

“But Billy had done good deeds all the time. So had John Wayne Gacy, and dozens of others. It didn’t matter. It was all part of the disguise. Jazz realized that he couldn’t trust even his noblest impulses. They might not be genuine. They might just be camouflage.”
― Barry Lyga, I Hunt Killers

“But the drugs don’t say no. Drugs don’t send you to your room without supper. They’re the careless parent that condones everything.”
― Nick Milligan, Enormity