Paul

“IF A GOD IS A THING THAT HAS ABSOLUTE POWER OVER us, then in this world there are many. There are gods that we choose and gods that we can't avoid; there are gods that we pray to and gods that prey on us; there are dreams that become gods and pasts that become gods and nightmares that do, as well. As I age I learn that there are more gods than I'll ever know, and yet I have to watch for all of them, or else they can use me or I can lose them without even realizing it.”
― Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors

“the deep, pure blue stirs on one’s lips a smile, innocent as itself; like the clouds over the sky, and, as it were, with them, happy memories pass in slow procession over the soul”
― Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Sketches from a Hunter's Album

“Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot

“Wearing a skirt would be so impractical if I needed to bury bodies in the woods when people got in my way.”
― Harper L. Woods, The Coven