August Almodovar

“Let out of his stall with the two men standing by, Seabiscuit head-butted Howard. Smith made his case in four sentences: "Get me that horse. He has real stuff in him. I can improve him. I'm positive”
― Laura Hillenbrand

“Time was not on their side, it was the enemy.”
― C. Toni Graham, Crossroads and the Himalayan Crystals

“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

“The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet, when we want shoes.”
― Jonathan Swift