Ellen McClure

“Buildings and houses and streets and trees of every shape and size - old and new - came together. Misfit puzzled pieces clicking into place. All part of the Masterpiece.”
― Preston Norton, Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe

“Sometimes your world shakes so hard, it's difficult to imagine that everyone else isn't feeling it too.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

“Sometimes, I used to sit under the sky, on a clear night, and gaze at the stars, saying, in my croaky voice: “Lord, if you’re up there somewhere, and you aren’t too busy, come and say a few words to me, because I’m very lonely and it would make me so happy.” Nothing happened. So I reckon that humanity— which I wonder whether I belong to —really had a very vivid imagination.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood