

“Once you've seen how broken someone is it's like seeing them naked—you can't look at them the same anymore.”
― The Hate U Give
― The Hate U Give

“Aurelia was just about to take a sip of a mimosa when Mother Guardian snatched the flute away and promptly downed the drink in one gulp. Burping unashamedly, she said, "We can't have the validity of the marriage contracts jeopardized because the bride got rat-assed on her wedding day.”
― Taming Flame
― Taming Flame

“The Bible says, ‘If any would not work, neither should he eat.’ Saint Paul wrote that, in Second Thessalonians, chapter three, verse ten,”
― A Dangerous Fortune
― A Dangerous Fortune

“What is childlike humility? It’s not the lack of intelligence, but the lack of guile. The lack of an agenda.”
― Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
― Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

“Everything belonged to him. It made me hold my breath in expectation of hearing the wilderness burst into prodigious peal of laughter that would shake the fixed stars in their places.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
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