Leon Hera

“Ben remembered that in Italy, he and Rachel had slipped down between rows of apple trees on the plain of Po, deep into the cool and dark of orchards, and there they kissed with the sadness of newlyweds who know that their kisses are too poignantly tender and that their good fortune is subject, like all things, to the crush of time, which remorselessly obliterates what is most desired and pervades all that is beautiful.”
― David Guterson, East of the Mountains

“I’ll still the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea will be hushed”
― JoDee Neathery, Wings Against The Wind

“You don't have to test everything to destruction just to see if you made it right.”
― Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“Far off, I heard a rumble. A land slip perhaps. Or maybe tank fire from thirty miles away. I figured the sounds of war would carry this far into the desert mountains.”
― Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre