LJ

“Carney disapproved of criminals who bragged about their cleverness, crowed over the stupidity of their marks, whose paranoia stemmed not from caution but from an outsize sense of their importance.”
― Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle

“All the times she has brushed against death, she's never given much thought to what might come after. Now she considers it. She supposes there will be nothing. She supposes each of us destroys the world. We close our eyes and snuff out all that has existed, all that will ever be.”
― Maggie Shipstead

“Dallas appealed to Wren for the reasons some people disliked it. At first glance unspecialized, covered with characterless concrete, flat, and landlocked, the city felt big enough to disappear in but not big enough to get lost in.”
― Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

“Everyone had secret corners and alleys that no one else saw -- what mattered were your major streets and boulevards, the stuff that showed up on other people's maps of you.”
― Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle