Morton

“they’re teaching us that the real Catholic belief about Mary is that she got pregnant through her ear—that “Just as Eve listened to Satan and gave birth to sin, so Mary listened to Gabriel and became pregnant with the Son of God.”
― Kathleen Zamboni McCormick, Dodging Satan: My Irish/Italian, Sometimes Awesome, But Mostly Creepy, Childhood

“Rumor traveled fast in a small town like Crestview—so news of a quadruple homicide with biblical implications would travel like wildfire.”
― S.E. Stitcher, The Doomsday Butcher

“When I moved my hands down away from the window I caught sight of my reflection in the glass, bright against the black morning beyond. I couldn’t contain the audible gasp that sounded in my throat. I had expected to see the slightly translucent representation of my face mirrored on the pane, but instead I saw an ivory haze where my features should have been.”
― Misty Mount, The Shadow Girl

“When you go to school, everybody takes a common exam. In life, everyone gets a different exam. So figure out the strategy of you, the value of you, and personalize it; don’t get into analysis paralysis. Just be yourself; be authentic.”
― Chitra D. Nawbatt, The CodeBreaker Mindset: The Unwritten Rules for Success