Ismael

“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

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

“But God, having as little comprehension of the feminine mind as any male, did not reply.”
― Ariana Franklin, The Siege Winter

“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