Alysyn Reinhardt

“I chose this one. This is the one I care about.”
― Gabriel Smith, Brat

“It had always struck me as a place to be lost, experienced passage by passage in a series of unfolding images—not something you could take in in one possessive glance.”
― Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations

“...I wanted to be more than a Rorschach, more legible than a symbol, more vivid and musical, at least to the kid, than even the most laureled statue could ever be. I wanted to be real in a way that history wasn't...”
― Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations

“So we don’t own the building,” the director said, “but we hold a ten-thousand-year lease on the space.” “You’re right. That’s magnificent.” “Nineteenth-century hubris. Imagine thinking civilization would still exist in ten thousand years. But there’s more.” She leaned forward, paused for effect. “The lease is renewable.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility