Lillian McCulloch

“The lesson is that prayer is not for the moon to stop for us. It is for us to stop and the consider the work of heaven.”
― Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

“To everyone we love we give a knife. The knife is shaped to pass through the bones of our chests like a key in a lock. Nothing else can cut our hearts so deeply.”
― Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

“Reading is the act of listening and speaking at the same time, with someone you’ve never met, but love. Even if you hate them, it’s a loving thing to do. You speak someone else’s words to yourself, and hear them for the first time.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

“...the call of life is as powerful as the call of death, and it is no weakness to answer to it,” she said quietly.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, Return of the Thief