Christine

“As for man, there is little reason to think that he can in the long run escape the fate of other creatures, and if there is a biological law of flux and reflux, his situation is now a highly perilous one. During ten thousand years his numbers have been on the upgrade in spite of wars, pestilences, and famines. This increase in population has be come more and more rapid. Biologically, man has for too long a time been rolling an uninterrupted run of sevens.”
― George R. Stewart, Earth Abides

“They don't realize evil lives on their streets”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“I wonder if humans are the only living creatures that ever feel hollow inside. I don’t understand how my body can be full of everything bodies are full of—bones and muscles and blood and organs—yet my chest sometimes feels vacant, as if someone could scream into my mouth and it would echo inside of me.”
― Colleen Hoover, Regretting You

“The apple tree in the background, just barely visible, was stretching a single limb out to her, as if wanting to be in the photo with her.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost