Charity Lumpkins

“should we just pack up and leave before every line I’ve already crossed becomes a wall so high we can’t climb over?”
― Colleen Hoover, Layla

“It was as though the problems of the Republic bored the man appointed to solve them, as though Rome herself were now too small a stage for his ambitions”
― Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

“It's not books you need, it is some of the things that once were in books. (...) Books were only the type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid to forget. (...) The magic is only in what books say.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“I follow behind her and watch as she takes a knife out of the butcher block and spins around, waving it wildly at me. “Let. Me. Leave.” Her voice is low and threatening, but it’s also trembling. “Put the knife down,” I plead. “I’ll put it down when I’m in the car.” I shake my head. “I can’t let you leave, Layla.” “You can’t make me stay!” she screams. “Why are you trying to make me stay?” She covers her mouth with her hand to stifle a sob, but she keeps the knife up, pointed in my direction. “Something is happening to us, Leeds. You’re going crazy. Or maybe it’s me, I don’t know, but it’s this house and we need to get out. Please.”
― Colleen Hoover, Layla