Scott Avery

“Schools must take children to the theatre. This activity must be subsidised. Children should be able to join a youth theatre near where they live, and learn how to take part in every aspect of putting on a play. Places like that should be subsidised too. These things are not luxuries: they’re essential to our wellbeing.”
― Philip Pullman, Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling

“my diddy said it was something wrong with any man that’ll sit down in a chair and read a book.”
― Donna Tartt, The Little Friend

“Whenever I come to a new town, I like to get my bearings. I want to understand the layout of the streets and the layout of the people. In some cities this can take you days to accomplish. In Boston, it can take you weeks. In New York, years. The great thing about Morgen, Nebraska, is it only took a few minutes.”
― Amor Towles, The Lincoln Highway

“Back home, I had known that if I was arrested at a dyke bar I would lose my job, and if I lost my job I would end up in a flophouse or worse. I went out anyway, because living was a dry waste if I didn’t.”
― Rosalie Knecht, Who Is Vera Kelly?