Marti

“King and country don't need you. I do.”
― Alice Winn, In Memoriam

“The Hague Convention sought to make war more humane. We had reached a point in history where we believed it was possible to make war humane.”
― Alice Winn, In Memoriam

“As they carried along and met more people Furlong did and did not know, he found himself asking was there any point in being alive without helping one another? Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without once being brave enough to go against what was there and yet call yourself a Christian, and face yourself in the mirror?”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These

“I looked at her. "Does God hate me? Me and Dante?"
"Of course not. I've never read anything in the Bible that indicates that God hates. Hate isn't in his job description."
"You sound so sure, Mom. Maybe you're not such a good Catholic."
"Maybe some people would say I'm not. But I don't need anybody to tell me how to live my faith."
"But me, I'm a sin, right?"
"No, you're not a sin. You're a young man. You're a human being. And you're my son.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World