Grayson Layshock

“There was something unbearable in the things, in the people, in the buildings, in the streets that, only if you reinvented it all, as in a game, became acceptable. The essential, however, was to know how to play, and she and I, only she and I, knew how to do it.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

“Not for you,” Lila replies ardently, “you’re my brilliant friend, you have to be the best of all, boys and girls.”
― Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

“There is no knowing for a fact. The only dependable things are humility and looking.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

“I hated the world that wouldn’t let me apply justice without the certain retaliation of injustice.”
― Percival Everett, James