David Minger

“I believe that ‘finding the book you’re looking for’ is an overrated notion,” the man replied. “Far better to explore, and let the book you need be the one which finds you.”
― Craig Schaefer, Ghosts of Gotham

“You didn’t change anyone’s mind about politics by hammering away at them—all that did was drive the nail deeper into the wall of their own certainty.”
― Chuck Wendig, Wanderers

“Magic is never what you expect it to look like” Terence said. “And whether you believe in magic or you call it something different altogether, we all need its help from time to time.”
― Simon Lonsdale, A Thread By Moonlight

“Everyone knew the real reason discipline numbers looked good: Mrs. Rawlins was the assistant principal in charge of discipline, and she rarely enforced any actual consequences. This not only kept suspension numbers low, it also meant few teachers bothered to fill out referral forms in the first place—and these were the two ways the district calculated discipline numbers. It was, of course, these same two tendencies that caused actual student behavior at the school to skid downhill, but this was no time to make changes to the one set of numbers that felt assured.”
― Roxanna Elden, Adequate Yearly Progress