Adam

“...a soul isn't something a person is born with but something that must be built, by effort and error, study and love.”
― Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding

“It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless Automat of characters.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“I can see her, chin to chest, straining to push Junior out, and Junior snagging on her insides, grabbing hold of what he caught on to try to stay inside her, but instead he pulled it out with him when he was born.”
― Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones

“The dead are celebrated. The dead are loved. They give something to the living. Once you put something into the ground, Doctor, you always know where to find it.”
― Téa Obreht, The Tiger's Wife