Murf the Surf

“Jodie, showing maturity far beyond his father’s, deadpanned, “Another one’ll just move in, and I always reckoned it’s better the skunk ya know than the skunk ya don’t know.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“Brian had a lifelong fear of confrontation. An unease that gripped his whole body in dread at the slightest conflict. His chest would tense in anxiety, his heart would flutter, and his hands would shake like an infant newly born into a cold world. He hated the power this fear had over him. It took away his ability to say no or disagree, and he hated most of all that those around him used this fear against him to get what they wanted.”
― Matthew T. Hill, The Man Scouts

“When the world has gone mad, we must help each other when we can. Most of my neighbours are good and share what little they have. When Benito snared a rabbit, he gave us some of it to make the good broth you are eating. And when I came home this morning, I passed Signora Gucci and she saw the mushrooms I had found.”
― Rhys Bowen, The Tuscan Child

“For the folks at home. Hollywood has a way of molding popular opinion. Tell me why we shouldn’t be worried.”
― Peter Cawdron, Anomaly