Heather

“I hate the calendar, which is both a circle and a straight line, a wheel and an arrow, grinding each anniversary, each day a reminder of my failures, my lost plans, unfulfilled objectives and wishes, the days aren't taken off the calendar, subtracted one by one, but added, another small stone accumulated, another foot moved ahead, the arrow flying forward instead of falling back to earth, when all I want is a complete stop.”
― Gregory Galloway, The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand

“The world is perfect there. Or maybe you’re perfect and the world is the same.”
― Gregory Galloway, The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand

“Apparently loved did weird things to a girl's practical decision-making skills - Matilda”
― Devon Monk, Infinity Bell

“Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous."
"We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing."
"That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.”
― Jim Butcher, Academ's Fury