Shawn

“But Ana Kuya used to tell me that hope was tricky like water. Somehow it always found a way in.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“Daddy said that Jesus talked in parables because people have a tendency to hear but not listen. They look but don't see. I guess I was no different than anybody else. I looked and looked for that dad-gum golden egg, and I finally saw it, just like Daddy said I would. Funny thing is, I didn't want it anymore.”
― Susan Gregg Gilmore, Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen: A Novel

“And that's how you go on. You lay laughter over the dark parts. The more dark parts, the more you have to laugh. With defiance, with abandon, with hysteria, any way you can.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

“Pretend inferiority and encourage their arrogance.’ Sun Tzu, The Art of War.”
― Megan Goldin, The Escape Room