Kato Justus

“Everil could see in the creature’s eyes that it was not used to being challenged. It appeared as if the monster sensed that the
man was not as frightened as he should be. Everil learned long ago that the best way to beat a charging rabid dog was not to run, but instead, rush towards it with ferocious intent.”
― M. Todd, Chains

“Patience is the answer to so many of life's questions.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“In her own way, she was as compassionate and thoughtful as a girl could be, but her mind was stronger than yours and no one could ever really break her heart. You could sprain her heart, and her heart would bruise a lot, but it could never ever be broken. Never. I figured that there were probably 27 people like that in the world at one time and they were the only people who should be running for president of anything that mattered.”
― Kiese Laymon, Long Division

“You think I’m crazy, right? Well, I know that you can’t travel through time with a girl and save folks from the Klan and not kiss them unless you’re slightly deformed or unless you smell like death. And even then, there’s still gonna be some serious grinding going on. Serious grinding.”
― Kiese Laymon, Long Division