Anna DB

“The line between this and that, you and her, us and them, the line is thin.”
― Monica Wood, How to Read a Book

“He smiled. “I guess somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“it is hard to argue that housing is not a fundamental human need. Decent, affordable housing should be a basic right for everybody in this country. The reason is simple: without stable shelter, everything else falls apart.”
― Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

“Books that hadn’t been cracked since they were shelved. Give money to a monkey and he’ll fill his cage with bananas. Give the same money to a dim American and he’ll build a show library every time.”
― Jess Walter, The Cold Millions