Jordan

“School might be the only way to tie herself to a mast and ignore the siren songs that soundtracked her life. She felt a surprising flood of gratitude that it was him who heard her say it first.”
― Kate Myers, Excavations

“A trade must take place for this life to enter the world. As my body slowly halved open like a peach, I realized it was me who was losing my life; me who would vanish from the world to make room for this new child.”
― Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear

“pooled in pockets of fat and flesh that hadn’t felt used in years, and her muscles were blissfully sore.”
― Kate Myers, Excavations

“In time, though, the country was divided and in crisis. It saw itself as besieged by enemies within and without. It needed someone who said he could make Italy great again. He was a man on a horse saying, ‘Follow me.’ And they did. When Fascists marched on Rome, the prime minister resigned and Benito Mussolini was appointed leader by the king. It can happen anywhere. It happened here.”
― Anthony Bourdain, World Travel: An Irreverent Guide