Riley Whitaker

“Chemistry is inseparable from life—by its very definition, chemistry is life. But like your pie, life requires a strong base. In your home, you are that base. It is an enormous responsibility, the most undervalued job in the world that, nonetheless, holds everything together.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“Which would be worse, to live as a monster or to die as a good man?”
― Dennis Lehane, Shutter Island

“Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“... he would never, ever, get in the ocean again.... He could feel the age of it, more ancient than gods and prouder of its body count.”
― Dennis Lehane, Shutter Island