Matt G

“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“The Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu conjectured that you cannot grow until you confront the void within.”
― Michelle LeClair, Perfectly Clear: Escaping Scientology and Fighting for the Woman I Love

“I hate sour cream and onion Pringles," I told the dashboard where I had my feet planted until Ruth pushed them down.
"But you love Pringles," Ruth actually rattled the canister.
"I hate sour cream and onion anything. All lesbians do." I blew heaps of bubbles into my milk with the tiny straw that came cellophaned to the carton.
"I want you to stop using that word," Ruth jammed the lid back onto the can.
"Which word? Sour or cream?" I plastic laughed with my reflection in the passenger-side window.”
― Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post

“The Marines looked away. It was not that they were shy. It was just that they were embarrassed. They felt awkward in their clumsy habiliments of war. They felt heavy with themselves and their world, as though they had blundered into some Eden which had not known the serpent.”
― Robert Leckie, Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan