Perry Gorell

“People I didn't know formed a circle around me, sheltering me from view. They escorted me safely back to our jurta, undetected. They didn't ask for anything. They were happy to help someone, to succeed at something, even if they weren't to benefit. We'd been trying to touch the sky from the bottom of the ocean. I realized that if we boosted one another, maybe we'd get a little closer.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

“When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.”
― W.Somerset Maugham

“Jamie liked perspiration, a little bit of dirt, and complications.”
― E. L. Konigsburg, from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankweiler

“Peddle one of the least harmful drugs humanity's ever discovered, and you get twenty years. Peddle something that kills a hundred thousand a year... and you get a knighthood.”
― Iain Banks, Espedair Street