Neda Congrove

“It does little good to regret a choice. So often people say, “If only I had known,” implying they would’ve acted differently in a given situation. It is true that desires of the moment can blind one’s sight of the future. Revenge is not as sweet as the adage claims. Yet who could pass a chance to taste it? And if the chance were allowed to slip by, would the fool regret his lack of action? ”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

“At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it...”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song

“These thieves and lovers and wandering poets—what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness.”
― Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

“Use the word 'ya'll' and before you knew it, you'd find yourself in a haystack french-kissing an underage goat”
― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day