herbmarium

“Oh Jake," Brett said, "We could have had such a damned good time together."
Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly, pressing Brett against me.
Yes," I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”
― Howard Zinn