Jeffrey Withee

“Sanjit says his apartment, the same one in which he grew up, has been flooded many times by the midsummer torrents. For what has been for millennia a primarily agricultural society, rains simultaneously destroy, create, and preserve life in India, similar to the functions of the three premier Hindu gods, Shiva, Brahma, and Vishnu. Every time Kolkata gets pounded by a cyclone, or when the monsoon first erupts in June (although the recent warming of the Indian Ocean increasingly disturbs a once-consistent timeline), Sanjit never fails to send along a video, his house flooded – seemingly destroyed – but the smiles on his, Bajju’s, or other house-guest’s faces signify just the opposite, having been cooled and relieved of perpetual heat. Flooded, they remain preserved.”
― Colin Phelan, The Local School

“My mind seems to empty of all thoughts and get stuck on the cruel fact of how powerful he looks. No one should look that good, with so much confidence.”
― S.G. Blaise, The Last Lumenian

“Really?’ Ellery says, looking over Grace as if she were dirt on her shoe, which probably would be preferable to being at the end of Ellery’s stare.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Healing comes to the soul through the power of connection. Our connection with God is our connection to healing—spirit, soul, and body”
― Gregory Dickow, Soul Cure: How to Heal Your Pain and Discover Your Purpose