Janis Kay

“Some people can make mistakes, make amends and move on." Grayson kept right on looking at the scoreboard. "And some of us live with each and every mistake we make curved into us, into hollow places we don't know how to fill.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game

“There's something so freeing about cutting myself loose from technology in some small way. No more stressing over profile pictures or whether my social media feeds reflect the kind of golden, idealized life I want everyone to think I have. No more virus scans or junk mail or counting likes. If I want to look something up, I go to the library. If I want to talk to someone, I talk to them.”
― Victoria Lee, A Lesson in Vengeance

“Looking back, all he could see was a swirling pillar of ash and bones behind him. But ahead, there was someone standing on the surface of the water! Suddenly, a strong hand plunged through the watery roiling veil and held his arm fast. It jerked, and Dietrich shuddered. The hand lifted him straight up--into the warmth, into the light. "This is the end--for me the beginning of life.”
― John Hendrix, The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler

“Maybe bad people never believe they are bad,' I venture. 'While good people are always questioning their goodness. Maybe that's what keeps them good—the constant questioning.”
― Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival