Paul Reiners

“I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.”
― Herman Melville

“But when a man suspects any wrong, it sometimes happens that if he be already involved in the matter, he insensibly strives to cover up his suspicions even from himself.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

“Now she was smiling. “And while you’re at it,” she said, “here’s another one for you. Theodicy. That’s another word Leibniz used. As long as you have the dictionary out, you might as well look ’em both up.” She sipped her tea. “He wrote a whole book about it, as a matter of fact.”
― Ethan Canin, A Doubter's Almanac

“There is nothing more nerve-wracking than being inches from a lifelong goal.”
― Lisa Belkin, Show Me A Hero