Isaac

“This was the first place I ever felt strong. Every time I breathe this air I feel it again.”
― Veronica Roth, Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Story

“The body heals quickly, an efficient machine, but the heart is worthless at such things. It burns long after the hurt has worn away.”
― Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

“The world which exists behind the door you are now knocking on is composed of many shifting shadows.”
― Daniel Jeudy, Sons of Brutality

“It must be wonderful, I thought, to be, not exactly rich, but to have enough so you didn’t have to worry when there was some little thing you wanted, not to have to wonder if it would be all right if you spent the money for it. To be able to live in a house like this, to line the walls with books and have rich draperies and to have more than just one bottle of booze and a place to keep it other than a kitchen shelf.”
― Clifford D. Simak, All Flesh Is Grass