“She knew how people slipped through cracks—not all at once, but in layers.”
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
“Backwards was ignorance, and forwards was enlightenment, although it seemed to be a bumpy road.”
― Kingdom of Embers
― Kingdom of Embers
“I doubt it. I’ll give any book a hundred pages, and if by then the writer can’t hold my attention I’ll put it away. There are too many good books I want to read to waste time with a bad one.” ”
― Camino Island
― Camino Island
“Wisdom, good lineage, self-control, acquaintance with the scriptures, prowess, absence of garrulity, gift to the extent of one's power, and gratefulness, these eight qualities shed a lustre upon their possessor.”
― The Mahābhārata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
― The Mahābhārata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
“Light flashed in her eyes. In fact, it clung to her—flaring around her skin, her hair, her whole body. It was a trick of the eyes, his mind, when adrenaline hit his system. But she glowed. Vivid. Alive. And for a moment, he’d have given anything to be like her.”
― Losing My Breath
― Losing My Breath
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