amber

“You bitch,' he said. 'You rich bitch. That's poetry. I'm full of poetry now. Rot and poetry. Rotten poetry.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

“A novel is a piece of amber, one that coagulates both the 'real' past and the 'made-up' ideals. It is something that can be visited again and again in its unparalleled beauty.”
― Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, Taiwan Travelogue

“Don’t pretend you would never hurt anybody.”
― E. Lockhart, Family of Liars

“Jennifer Belanger knew how to dress for a party. She was an athlete—soccer, track, tennis, you name it—so the miniskirt was her weapon of choice. Another inch off that hem and she could have kissed the PG-13 rating good-bye.”
― Gordon Korman, Jake, Reinvented