Samuel

“Trees are normally very general and all-inclusive with their wisdom pearls. When a tree decides to talk to you, it's a very, very big deal, as if the world stops, as if you are scooped up and held in a snow globe, weightless and womb-like. I felt their vibrations in my feathers, in the flutter of my little black heart.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom

“Other kids—blind date with someone’s brother. Me? A blind date with a wrench.”
― Una McCormack, The Way to the Stars

“I hear music. Is that asshole piping music through the killer robot? I can see the marketing campaign: one hundred tunes to die to.”
― Tade Thompson, Rosewater

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt