Starr Avelar

“You know it is the most relaxed thing when you when you sit with a best friend and you know there is nothing you have to tell him to empty your mind. We just stayed there together, silent in the dusk like this, and we were quite happy.”
― Michael Ondaatje, Running in the Family

“On the black cotton was printed a white skull and crossbones - the skull head grinning as if he were mocking her. The nun struggled for her breath and wanted to drop the evil little banner, but her fingers wouldn't let go of it - making her stare into its horrid death face as if she were looking at her own end.”
― Victoria Dougherty, The Bone Church

“Remove the comma, replace the comma, remove the comma, replace the comma...”
― R.D. Ronald

“The blow was such a stunner that it was thirteen years before I could get back on to my feet again.”
― Henri Charrière, Papillon