Karen

“The report of a gun is one of my favorite sounds. It’s so powerful, so dangerous, yet perversely, it’s also the sound of safety. I figured that in the unlikely event the world really did end, I’d at least have that. I could shoot all day long, make all the biggest, blasting shotgun sounds I wanted.”
― Ann Christy, The In-Betweener

“Yes, you’re adorable, aren’t you? Are you a good boy, Snugglepumpkin?” Oberon wagged his tail and came over within petting distance. “Oh, yes, you are a good boy, yes, you are.” She stopped making sense and instead made high-pitched squeals of delight as she scratched Oberon’s giant head; the rest of us stood and watched as a woman with an advanced degree completely lost her mind. Okay,”
― Kevin Hearne, Tricked

“One must weather the storm to spy the rainbows.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“I wouldn’t know what normal people do,” she said, and curled her head down until it was resting on his chest, his heartbeat music to her ears.”
― Sarah Noffke, Released