Rachel Durning

“How he longed for those New England waters--cold, clean, without crocodiles.”
― Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Bangkok Wakes to Rain

“In Senegal, the polite expression for saying someone died is to say his or her library has burned. When I first heard the phrase, I didn’t understand it, but over time I came to realize it was perfect. Our minds and souls contain volumes inscribed by our experiences and emotions; each individual’s consciousness is a collection of memories we’ve cataloged and stored inside us, a private library of a life lived.”
― Susan Orlean, The Library Book

“The cool rum felt like air-conditioning for his brain.”
― Ben Fountain, Devil Makes Three

“Normal people began to see that a beard was not synonymous with honesty. It was simply a patchy place to hide one's lies.”
― Bassem Youssef, Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring