Val Shaw

“- What faith do you practice? What religion do you follow?”

- The old woman chortled softly, her bosom jiggling beneath the shift. “I don’t follow religion. I follow faith, wherever its winding path may lead. Following religion leads to a loss of faith. Follow faith and you may, in time, find religion in the face of God. That’s something religions have lost over time.”
― James L. Davis, The Rages

“Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forwards in a kind of flood?”
― Anita Desai

“It’s relatively easy to act nice and normal in front of a crowd, or in public. The tricky part is doing it in private.”
― Robert Black