Patricia

“But the Bible was better than those other spinach-colored Classic books that spent most of their time flossing with long sentences about pastures and fake sunsets and white dudes named Spencer. I didn't hate on spinach, fake sunsets, or white dudes named Spencer, but you could just tell that whoever wrote the sentences in those books never imagined they'd be read by Grandma, Uncle Relle, LaVander Peeler, my cousins, or anyone I'd ever met.”
― Kiese Laymon, Long Division

“When I first started, I wanted to play the electric guitar. And my dad got me piano lessons instead. He didn't mean anything by it--he just thought that keys are what girls play.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“It was a belated realization to have, but it occurred to me that perhaps this was how grownup conversations worked--not that you communication didn't falter, but that you both made good-faith attempts to rectify things after it had.”
― Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

“DETECTION HAS MANY METHODS, MANY PATHWAYS, NARROW AND subtle. Fingerprints. The lost piece of thread. The dog barking in the night. But there is also Google.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Vanishing Stair