Alice Teets

“He got hit by a train about five years ago, and he wasn’t exactly a mental giant before,” Sheerfault said. “Train hit his truck crossing the track, smashed the truck into a wad, and knocked some wires loose in Bobo’s head. Bobo has a simple approach to life, don’t you, Bobo?” “I like to hit people,” Bobo said. “That sums it up,” Sheerfault said. “He likes to hit people. Also, he hears a train whistle up close, he shits his pants.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Rusty Puppy

“Some people are gifted not only in seeing the best in people, but in convincing those people to see the best in themselves.”
― Kelly Barnhill, The Ogress and the Orphans

“They don’t teach this at medical school, but I’ve seen it in real life. People die in bits and pieces. A series of petites morts. Little deaths. They lose their sight, their hearing, their independence. Those are the physical ones. But there’re others. Less obvious, but more fatal. They lose heart. They lose hope. They lose faith. They lose interest. And finally, they lose themselves.”
― Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery

“The more the heart is nourished with happiness, the more it is insatiable.”
― Gabrielle Roy