Ismael

“Pretending that there isn’t a cost to maintaining what is good only results in matters getting worse.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager's Intrigue

“Trevor voiced a literal willingness to die for his place in this hierarchy, rather than participate in a system that might put him on the same plane as immigrants or racial minorities. 4”
― Jonathan M. Metzl, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland

“And you know women, they're both back there turning it into the crime of the century. Planting it in a little garden in the center of their hearts and watering it with feelings. Talking about it, sharing it. You're a cheat, you're a heartbreaker, you're like a museum exhibit, Everything That's Wrong with Guys.”
― Timothy Hallinan, Little Elvises

“The victim’s hand was contracted into a fist except for the middle digit, which was rigidly extended.”
― Carl Hiaasen, Bad Monkey