Stella

“Mr. Harrigan also promised this, but I suppose men who understand business also understand that promises are easy to discard, being as how giving them is free.”
― Stephen King, If It Bleeds

“Don’t do anything you aren’t willing to defend later. Ultimately, I realized the story of Operation Alligator Thief came full circle back to the reason I started telling stories in the first place. It had the same moral as the stories my family told on our dock all those years ago: Who you are in the dark is your truest self.”
― Rebecca Renner, Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades

“A person was like a city. You couldn't let a few less desirable parts put you off the whole. There may be bits you don't like, a few dodgy side streets and suburbs, but the good stuff makes it worthwhile.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“She had shrunk for him and he still hadn't found the space he needed. No more.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library