Sheryl Gibbons

“Why should I believe anything you tell me?” “Belief has nothing to do with truth. Believe what you like.”
― Percival Everett, James

“Folks be funny lak dat. Dey takes the lies dey want and throws away the truths dat scares ’em.”
― Percival Everett, James

“Then she looked up at Julia and whimpered two words before she fell asleep. “Real hurts.”
― Kristin Hannah, Magic Hour

“feet were constantly performing thankless and often demeaning work while mostly the other parts drowsed, swaddled in nylon or cotton or lace. Even wearing something open like sandals or heels, the soles of one’s feet were concealed, secretly pressing themselves into and pushing back against the world, as if to halt its ever-encroaching advance.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!