Laura Block

“Whenever the old people got quieter in their volume and more precise in their words, Joan had learned to shut the hell up. So she did.”
― Cherie Dimaline, Empire of Wild

“No matter how baby-proof you make your home, they will miraculously find a piece of barbed wire or a chainsaw from somewhere and play with”
― Adam Kay, Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You

“An otter in a bright yellow vest leapt onto the quay”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Flame and Shadow

“I wondered if those tourists saw the truth of an abandoned place. That it was fuller than a mall, more bustling than an old freeway. Because the Earth didn’t stutter. It moved ahead, smooth and elegant, and uncoiled its fingers into every last place, hooking nails under crook and groove. Now so much of the country was abandoned, and we had never lived in a more crowded space.”
― Cherie Dimaline, Hunting by Stars