Misty

“In the waves of layoffs that accompanied these paroxysmal death-throes, this bearded shit-in-a-suit whacked the newspapers most profitable sections and bureaus and its best writers and shooters, all to protect his ring of beholden pets , a phalanx of talent-challenged ass-sniffers and the cadre of bulbous interns that he hired from his Midwest alma mater and it’s pretentiously name H—School of Journalism (there are two things that should never be named: j-schools and penises), an equally overrated institution that he hoped to eventually return to in some kind of endowed bean bag chair.”
― Jess Walter, The Financial Lives of the Poets

“On Self-knowledge:

You would know in words that which you have always known in thought.
You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet (Illustrated): Masterpiece of The Great Philosopher Khalil Gibran

“Books are the flung-open windows to a parallel universe.”
― Kevin Ansbro

“Love is not a weakness. It's the bravest act of our lives.”
― Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me