Matthew Dafoe

“I’m not just a reader, or a writer; I inhale written words like they’re my oxygen. It’s not a hobby. It’s a passion. People intrigue me. Life intrigues me. I see a story behind every set of eyes I meet, history in every voice. I’ll see someone wearing a smile and wonder what put it there. Words allow me to immerse myself in a whole other world. I get to become a different person.”
― Nicola Haken, Broken

“It was only eleven in the morning, but some days called for day drinking, and this might be one of them.”
― Lucinda Berry, Keep Your Friends Close

“Everything is stacked against us,” I say. “We’d be a tragedy, Felix. This wouldn’t work.”
― J. Daniels, The Tragedy of Felix and Jake

“Before Maddocks could blink, Angie reached down and thrust her hand between Leo’s legs, grabbing him by the balls. He froze. She held. Eyes locked with the old cop’s, she squeezed.”
― Loreth Anne White, The Drowned Girls