Olin Layman

“jesus”
― Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

“Happiness is knowing that someone, somewhere, really gives a shit.”
― Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox

“An accordion player who had no fingers on his right hand used little sticks tied to his wrist; the singer was blind; and almost all the others were horribly deformed, due to the nervous form of the disease very common in this area. With light from the lamps and the lanterns reflected in the river, it was like a scene from a horror movie. The place is lovely,”
― Che Guevara, The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

“Her skin smelled of autumn and the wind.
Don't Jacob...
But it was too late. Clara didn't flinch as he pulled her close. He grabbed her hair, kissed her mouth, and he felt her heart beating as fast as his own.
...Let her go, Jacob. But he kissed her again, and it was his name she whispered, not Will's.”
― Cornelia Funke, Reckless