Rory Newcomb

“A map is a two-dimensional representation with arbitrary symbols and incised lines that decide who is to be our enemy and who is to be our friend, who deserves our love and who deserves our hatred and who, our sheer indifference.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“I know the popcorn was stale and had the texture of moistened cardboard between my teeth.”
― Kristine S. Ervin, Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story

“While religions clash to have the final say, and nationalisms teach a sense of superiority and exclusiveness, superstitions on either side of the border coexist in rare harmony.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“The world is not at all short on this type of thing, it turns out. All down the years, words have been flung like pieces of shit, only to get stuck on a truck bumper with up-yours pride. Rednecks, moonshiners, ridge runners, hicks. Deplorables.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead