Lainee

“I think you should be angry if you're angry. But it's also true that hate has a way of hurting you more than the person you're hating.”
― Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

“Jude used to try to make me laugh, and when I'd crack a smile he'd keep the joke going , like breath on an ember, making it grow into a fit of giggles that'd echo around the whole forest and make all the birds in the trees quiet.”
― Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

“Did he say anything interesting?” I ask. “A revelation that the Lord is reborn in a chicken nugget, maybe?”
― Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

“Jude taught me what love was: to be willing to hold on to another person's pain. That's it.”
― Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly