Lien Bunce

“had all thirteen families in Horse Mesa register to vote, and on election day, Jim drove me into Tortilla Flats. I kept the ballots in one hand and my pearl-handled revolver in the other, daring anyone to try to hijack democracy by stealing the twenty-six votes I had been entrusted with. “Hold on, everyone!” I declared when I arrived. “The votes from Horse Mesa are here, and I’m proud to announce we had one hundred percent turnout.”
― Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses

“In this new reality, even ordinary streets had teeth.”
― D.L. Maddox, Killer

“I don’t like anything pointing at me, dollface, that includes an umbrella, a finger, or a gun, got it?”
― A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

“Every night I dream a lot. Every day I live a little.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky