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“No, I called about the donuts.”
― Chad Boudreaux, Mob Justice: A Scavenger Hunt Thriller

“Bring me Mother Julian’s Scroll within two weeks, or I’ll get that guttersnipe Leni prosecuted for attempted murder. She won’t survive long in prison.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“He wasn’t a reader of anything serious, but he had set himself the task of reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Jobs, after which he entertained the idea of committing himself to a stay on the subcontinent in a hermitage to learn about Indian religions. He could find a yogi to give him the spiritual insights he sought. That would get him away from his boring wife and kids for a year at least, and who knew, maybe he could finagle a way never to come back.”
― John M. Vermillion, Awful Reckoning: A Cade Chase and Simon Pack Novel

“The lure of deep water
and gathering night,
held in the mystery
I kneel to taste
at the earth altar.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation