Kay Whitcome

“You're the rain and you're the desert and you're the eraser that's making the word “loneliness” disappear”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“Suppose that government is founded on contract, and that these powers are entrusted to persons who grossly abuse them, it is evident that resistance is lawful, because the original contract is now broken. But we showed before that government was founded on the principles of utility and authority. We also showed that the principle of authority is more prevalent in a monarchy, and that of utility in a democracy, from their frequent attendance on public meetings and courts of justice.”
― Adam Smith, Lectures on Jurisprudence

“I was wondering aimlessly; too many road were open...too many resolves, too complex, allowed of being taken. I took...by far the simplest of them all.”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

“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