Punky

“I judge people two ways—on how they treat animals, and on what they like to eat. If their favorite food is some kind of salad, they are definitely a bad person. Anything with cheese, they are probably OK.”
― Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

“And he cries and cries, cries for everything he has been, for everything he might have been, for every old hurt, for every old happiness, cries for the shame and joy of finally getting to be a child, with all of a child's whims and wants and insecurities, for the privilege of behaving badly and being forgiven, for the luxury of tenderness, of fondness, of being served a meal and being made to eat it, for the ability, at last, at last, of believing a parent's reassurances, of believing that to someone he is special despite all his mistakes and hatefulness, because of all his mistakes and hatefulness.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“I try to hide how happy this makes me feel by rolling my eyes, but his words break my chest wide open and leave me helpless. There's nothing stopping him from reaching in and grabbing whatever he wants. I'm special. I'm special. I'm special.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

“Hope clouds observation.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune