Andy Williams

“Nevertheless, the judge considered himself a Christian. And he did hate other people’s crimes.”
― Margaret Verble, Cherokee America: A Novel

“She stood at the window and looked across the street. A sort of desperation gripped her. She’d had a baby and would be raising it to adulthood. My god—adulthood. From across the room, Madeline announced it was feeding time. “But you just ate,” Elizabeth reminded her. “WELL I DON’T REMEMBER,” Madeline screamed back, formally initiating the least fun game in the world: Guess What I Want Now.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“One day, young Gale overheard a terrible secret about her best friend Angie: Angie’s sister Pauline, who wrote her weekly, had in fact already died of TB. “But her father didn’t want her to know,” Gale recalled, because it might cause the kind of emotional shock that was deemed dangerous to the TB patient. So to encourage the daughter he still had, this father wrote letters that mimicked the handwriting and style of the daughter he’d lost. Having been told that patients could not be exposed to bad news without risking their health, Gale never told Angie that her sister had died. But it didn’t matter. “I saw them wheeling a stretcher with a body on it down to the morgue. I knew right away it was my best friend Angie.” Gale was eight years old.”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

“For many people in the world, learning more than one language is a necessity, either because of migration or simply because the place they live in is a global one and survival dictates it. It is a skill that requires an ability to adapt and challenge oneself, and for many immigrants, it’s one of the most difficult, humbling, and uneasy parts of coming to a new country. If you, the reader, find yourself confused, I hope instead of giving up, you might take a moment to imagine what it must be like for those who have to navigate this on a daily basis, and then forge onward.”
― Karissa Chen, Homeseeking