Van Selander

“I marveled at the beauty of all life and savored the power and possibilities of my imagination. In these rare moments, I prayed, I danced, and I analyzed. I saw that life was good and bad, beautiful and ugly. I understood that I had to dwell on the good and beautiful in order to keep my imagination, sensitivity, and gratitude intact. I knew it would not be easy to maintain this perspective. I knew I would often twist and turn, bend and crack a little, but I also knew that…I would never completely break.”
― Maria Nhambu, Africa's Child

“Once he accepted God into his life, Michael immediately began receiving the benefit of small miracles—“gold nuggets,” he calls them—that he perceived to be tangible proof of God’s love.”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

“It seemed to him the EPA, or the Earth Policy Administration, weren’t taking any chances.”
― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

“We’re your family, Fel, said So’a.”
― Patricia Mather Parker, The Abode