Umar Hanazuwa

“We write in response to what we read and learn; and in the end we write out of our deepest selves.”
― Andrea Barrett

“My books promised me that life wasn’t just made up of workday tasks and prosaic things. The world is bigger and more colorful and more important than that.”
― Laura Amy Schlitz

“We are all secrets, Georgiana. All hiding inside, self within self within self. When we pretend this isn’t so, that is what poisons us. Do you understand?”
― Daniel Levine, Hyde

“I’m not going to tell you that you can trust me. You know that. I’m not going to tell you what you need to do. You know that as well. What I will remind you of is what I taught you in my class: Embarrassment and guilt are the two most powerful deterrents to truth. They are also two of the worst reasons to avoid the truth.”
― Giacomo Giammatteo, Murder Takes Time