“Carbohydrates from the Latin, carbo which means "yummy" and hydrates which means "cinnamon bun," are not something I can eliminate or even drastically cut back on.”
― Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom
― Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom
“We should trust people to be exactly what they have proven themselves to be, no more and no less.”
― South of Bixby Bridge
― South of Bixby Bridge
“The thing about secrets is they’re mostly regrets, aren’t they? I mean, “good news” secrets aren’t really meant to be kept. Just the embarrassing, shameful kind. Everyone’s said or done something they wish they hadn’t. Maybe they were young and immature, or drunk and displayed temporary poor judgment. Do these things need to be broadcast? Should mistakes be tattooed on forearms?”
― The Memory Box
― The Memory Box
“You know why God’s so hard to find, Trevor? No, Mr. Shaw, I say, why is God so hard to find? God’s so hard to find because he ain’t lost!”
― South of Bixby Bridge
― South of Bixby Bridge
“I forgive him and like water draining from the sand after a wave, the power he held over me disappears. A slow smile rises on my face.”
― South of Bixby Bridge
― South of Bixby Bridge
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