Julie

“REST IN PEACE, MR. PARKER.

'You want us to be surreptitious?' Hawk said.

'Surreptitious?' Sapp said.

'I educated in Head Start,' Hawk said.

'Really worked,' Sapp said.

'No reason to be covert,' I said.

'You too?' Sapp said.

'Nope,' I said. 'I'm a straight Anglo white guy of European ancestry. We're naturally smart.'

'You missed Bernard,' Sapp said.

'Tall straight Anglo white guy,' I said.

'Hey,' Bernard said.
”
― Robert B Parker

“And he hated himself and hated her,too, for the ruin they'd made of each other.”
― Dennis Lehane, The Given Day

“Then the sun broke above the crest of the hills and the entire countryside looked soaked in blood, the arroyos deep in shadow, the cones of dead volcanoes stark and biscuit-colored against the sky. I could smell pinion trees, wet sage, woodsmoke, cattle in the pastures, and creek water that had melted from snow. I could smell the way the country probably was when it was only a dream in the mind of God.”
― James Lee Burke, Jesus Out to Sea

“I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things.You think about the person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love."- By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept”
― Paulo Coelho