Adolfo Tupacyupanqui

“The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

“When I made you say my name, you couldn’t pretend nothing was happening between us, could you? Was that it? I wanted to get inside you, inside your heart,” he said huskily. “Did I?” “A little.” “Good.” He traced her face with one finger again. “A woman is either a wall or a door, beloved.” She gave a bleak laugh and looked at him. “Then I guess I’m a door a thousand men have walked through.” “No. You are a wall, a stone wall, four feet thick and a hundred feet high. I can’t get over you all by myself, but I keep trying.” He kissed her. “I need help, Tirzah.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love

“And why do I have to tell more about the blue car splattered with mud speeding down the road?”
― Sharon Creech, Love That Dog

“Don't never participate in no bad scenes, he reminded himself; that was his motto in life.”
― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly