Chad Trupiano

“He did smile at her, though, but she did not return the smile. Her teeth were somewhere in the house.”
― John Grisham, Theodore Boone: Theodore Boone 1

“He had perhaps been bruised too often. The peace of the vast aloof scrub had drawn him with the beneficence of its silence. Something in him was raw and tender. The touch of men was hurtful upon it, but the touch of pines was healing.”
― Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling

“You have no cause to grumble boy. You made your choice and all this is a consequence of your choice. Whatever now ensues is what you yourself have chosen.”
― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

“The mayor stood, his surprise at her interruption apparent by his twitching mustache. “You—you can’t just burst in here. Who are you?”
― Kirsten Fullmer, Trouble on Main Street