Valley

“Where McConnell’s predecessors had filibustered some things, McConnell and his party filibustered everything. The new Republican Party was allergic not to a bill or to an issue, but to an entire presidency.”
― David Litt, Democracy in One Book or Less: How It Works, Why It Doesn’t, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think

“No one said anything about an apocalypse,” my mother says, her mouth twitching with the hint of a smile. “But I do agree that spring is a nice season for apocalypses to be triggered. Come to think of it, most of the near-apocalypses in recent memory have happened in May.” She frowns thoughtfully. “I wonder why that is.” I”
― Kiersten White, Chosen

“She needed to get to the docking bay—hijack a skysailer and get the heck out of here. Trouble was, there weren’t any bloody signs around this deathship.”
― Ashley Poston, Soul of Stars

“Political reporters frequently refer to the Senate as “polarized,” implying both parties sprinted from the middle toward their respective extremes. In fact, that’s not the case. In 2008, when Marty left the upper chamber, Democrats were standing on their twenty, one yard closer to the center than they had been three decades prior. Republican senators, however, had barreled toward their own end zone: they had moved from the twenty-two-yard line to the eleven.* The divide between Democrats and Republicans was greater than ever, all because of one party’s rightward lurch.”
― David Litt, Democracy in One Book or Less: How It Works, Why It Doesn’t, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think