Nadia

“Lloyd, she’s here,’ I call out, unnecessarily, to my husband (he’s not deaf, but it gives me the illusion of being in control).”
― Louise Allen, Sky's Story

“But what of the next victim? What of the ‘unknown children’? Do we not have a moral responsibility to try to stop these horrific criminals? Would we let them off if they had attempted to kill someone? Would we let them off if the crime was different? Could I live with myself if I had let Dad hurt another child? No, I really couldn’t.”
― Jeni Haynes, The Girl in the Green Dress

“The sight of it stunned Joe to the point that, if the strength of the sea had not held him, he would have fallen down. In this underwater existence, he was straight. This was his life’s curiosity incarnate. He had often wondered how his life would have been different—easier—if he were a heterosexual man.”
― Eric Arvin, Woke Up in a Strange Place

“There’s yer heaven, chief,” Baker answered Joe’s curiosity. “You see, it existed, I suppose, at one time. Back when people thought that’s what the afterlife was. Looks kinda like a ghost town now, huh?” “Heaven is closed?” Joe said incredulously. “It’s been out of business for a while,” said the disinterested balloonist.”
― Eric Arvin, Woke Up in a Strange Place