Jakendra

“I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger for life that gnaws in us all.”
― Richard Wright, Black Boy

“You are a cad,' he told himself. 'A cur. A bounder. A scoundrel. A ... human thesaurus.”
― Sarah M. Eden, The Kiss of a Stranger

“He actually winked at Persephone as if to say, “I told you.” “You had better be suffering from an uncontrollable muscle tic,” Adam grumbled, still seemingly concentrating on the food on his plate. “Completely uncontrollable.” Harry’s smile belied his words. “Good. Otherwise I would think you were just winking at my wife.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Seeking Persephone

“On your feet, maggot!”
― Sarah M. Eden, Courting Miss Lancaster