Morisette

“Through the fire and its flames,
I’ve been ruptured and raptured by many
names, to get to the heart that mine claims
and eat it whole, for all it’s worth,
the most precious object on this earth.”
― Lavinia Valeriana, Adrift in Acheron

“He tried to live a good life and devote that life to helping others, but he never thought the world would reward him for his efforts. Such a thought would be the ultimate in self-deluding self-aggrandizement, for why would the world care one iota about him? Now, however, he wondered if he had been wrong. Now, he thought that maybe, just maybe, if you lived a good life, the universe—this cold, cold world—might just reward you. And he did feel rewarded—rewarded beyond all the gold in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.”
― Ray Smith, The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen

“I don’t mind you pouring lemonade or whatever on us, but as soon as you hit a woman, I get mad. And that’s one show you don’t want the curtains to go up on.”
― Ray Smith, The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen

“If you love her. If you want her to stay. Fight for her.”
― Janet Gurtler The Truth About Us