Mohammad Uyehara

“Her whole body stiffened as with a great and firm resolution. This she meant to do, if God gave her wits and strength.”
― Emma Orczy

“You're to need a lot more strength when you hear what I'm about to you”
― Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman

“I knew Dad was concerned about my past associations. I was from the Trash Alley. It was my community. I hung out with thugs from the Frog Bottom, the Burns Bottoms, the Red Line, the S-Curve, the Sandfield, the Morning Side, and a bunch of other places that shall remain nameless. I knew all of the “Legends of the Hood”: Sin Man, Swap, Boo Boo, Emp-Man, Cookie Man, Shank, Polar Bear, Bae Willy, Bae Bruh, Skullhead Ned, Pimp, Crunch, and Goat Turd (just to name a few). I thought maybe Dad had summoned me as a “show and tell” for the kids in his neighborhood—the hardliner to scare those wayward suburban brats back into reality.”
― Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

“Beauty, my first girlfriend said to me, is that inner quality often associated with great amounts of leisure time.”
― Dorothy Allison, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure