Mike

“Sometimes my husband would say, “if you want help just ask,” and I would wave my arms around like someone drowning. “Just look!” I'd say. “this is all a cry for help.” But truthfully, I didn't want help. I was grateful for it sure. What I wanted was an equal partner.”
― Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

“A lot of women were like that. It was as if the gun were alive and might fire itself at any minute, killing everyone within range. I knew that guns untouched were inert. For me a gun was a way to equalize disparities in strength and size. Guns could protect people. Me included. If used badly they could be deadly. But that was true of automobiles and scotch whiskey.”
― Robert B. Parker, Shrink Rap

“She had found a jewel down inside herself and she had wanted to walk where people could see her and gleam it around.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

“Pearl was bred to be a hunting dog, before she made a career change and became a lap dog.”
― Robert B. Parker, School Days