LeeAnn

“Where there's a ventriloquist, there's a dummy.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“nose as they fell to the dock. “Leave them! Come on!” whispered Annie. Carrying the baskets on their heads, Jack and Annie followed Basho and the fishermen up the steps and delivered their fish to a young woman at one of the tables. Jack glanced back at the river. The samurai were standing on the landing, checking someone’s passport. Jack looked at Basho. Basho was watching the samurai, too. He turned to the fishermen. “Thank you for the ride,” he said calmly, bowing to the men. “We will walk from here.” The fishermen nodded and smiled. Good plan, Jack thought, relieved. “Come,” said Basho. He led Jack and Annie away from the market. Soon they came to a busy road crowded with pedestrians and travelers on horseback.”
― Mary Pope Osborne, Dragon of the Red Dawn

“Every life is organized around a small number of events that either propel us or bring us to a grinding halt. We spend the years between these episodes benefiting or suffering from their consequences until the arrival of the next forceful moment.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust