Eric Pfeffinger

“You can't tell people to pull up on bootstraps when half of them never had any boots to begin with, never even had the chance to get them.”
― Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“What do you do when the people you love no longer feel like home?”
― Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids

“The moments glided on, while a feeling of good fellowship passed around the circle like a mystic cord, holding and binding these people together with jest and laughter.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening