Deb Larson

“winding trail with switchbacks and steep hills and deep ditches filled with steaming piles of manure.”
― Laura Barrow, Call the Canaries Home

“How can you hate somebody who’s got one foot in hell itself?”
― Jerry Bledsoe, Before He Wakes

“Most people don’t want to leave home. They don’t want to leave their grandmother, their church, their friends, their language. And when they do, it is usually for one of two reasons: they fear for their lives, or they can’t make a living. Much of that region is rural, and farmers are increasingly hit by climate events such as floods and droughts. If you can no longer grow food where you are, and if there’s no other livelihood, you will leave, because there’s simply no choice. Corruption and gangs thrive when there are limited resources.”
― Kamala Harris, 107 Days

“It’s bad enough having a mentally ill child on your hands,” explained Shelley. “It is worse to have an angry mentally ill child.”
― John Glatt, Golden Boy: A Murder Among the Manhattan Elite