Terence Malamud

“Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“There’s no such thing as ‘settling down’ when you get married. Getting married is the most unsettling thing one can ever do.”
― Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin, Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures

“Driving down 93, I realized once and for all, that I love the things that chafe. The things that fill me with stress so total I can’t remember when a block of it didn’t rest on top of my heart. I love what, if broken, can’t be repaired. What, if lost can’t be replaced.

I love my burdens.”
― Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile

“God likes to have his free lunch and be it too.”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion