Murf the Surf

“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

“Then she whispered Emily Dickinson’s words: The sweeping up the heart, And putting Love away We shall not want to use again Until Eternity.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“poor being seemed like a wonderful . . . person. It wasn't her fault that she looked like a colossal wasp. And it wasn't her problem. It was their problem. And they would have to find a way to overcome it.”
― Douglas E. Richards, Out of This World

“Cathy says, “I’ve always hated that phrase—the opposite sex. I mean, how exactly do we oppose each other? How exactly are we opposites? I think we’re complementary.”
― Peter Cawdron, Anomaly