Adelina Parda

“the more widely circulated version of the Crimson, i.e., The New York Times.”
― Erich Segal, The Class

“Tom isn't one of the men whose legs trailed by a hank of sinews, or whose guts cascaded from their casing like slithering eels. Nor were his lungs turned to glue or his brains to stodge by the gas. But he's scarred all the same, having to live in the same skin as the man who did the things that needed to be done back then. He carries that other shadow, which is cast inward.”
― M.L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans

“Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“(there is no pepper on the table; evidently pepper perks the libido),”
― Tom Hillman, Digging for God