Ima Retterbush

“—I miss you, Daddy. I know you do. I miss you, too, sweetheart, more than you’ll ever know. I don’t think I’ve ever been happier than I was with you. I wish I could have saved you, Amy. —But you did. You saved me. You were just a little girl, alone in the world. I never should have let them take you. I tried, but not hard enough. That’s the real test, you know. That’s the true measure of a man’s life. I was always too afraid. I hope you can forgive me. A”
― Justin Cronin, The Twelve

“Who can prophesy peace, or vow Futurity for any but armed insects”
― Allen Ginsberg, The Fall of America: Poems of These States 1965-1971

“mascara-ing her eyelashes with her mouth wide open (necessity of open mouth during mascara application great unexplained mystery of nature). “Don’t”
― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary

“He existed for me, and after all it is only through me that he exists for you.”
― Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim