“Phillip with his raging boner for the sound of his own voice, always the first to pipe up with the proposed solution.”
― Sharks in the Time of Saviors
― Sharks in the Time of Saviors
“We read the Bible how we want to read it. It doesn't change, but we do.”
― Transcendent Kingdom
― Transcendent Kingdom
“She never said shit like this to the boys, only to me. Like I was supposed to guilty of ambition while they were just living their full potential.”
― Sharks in the Time of Saviors
― Sharks in the Time of Saviors
“Always, always boys. Whole classes, boys shaped like teddy beats or tree lizards. Always first to pull out their opinions, shove their knowledge at each other. I guess there's many ways engineering could feel but mostly it felt like any place feels where there's twenty boys and three girls. I had to go in with my back like a rod. Be the baddest both is what I said, in my head. And then did.”
― Sharks in the Time of Saviors
― Sharks in the Time of Saviors
“But I'm in the water, too, I wanted to say. And there are plenty eyes on you. No one's watching to see if I stay afloat.”
― Sharks in the Time of Saviors
― Sharks in the Time of Saviors
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