Kobie

“With the popularity of Black Stork and the support of lawmakers, American citizens were ready to take the next step—to legislate forced sterilization. These procedures had the blessing not only of the medical and scientific communities, but also eventually of the United States Supreme Court. Eugenicists argued that the country would need to sterilize the lower 10 percent of the population and to continue to sterilize the lower 10 percent until the gene pool was pure.”
― Paul A. Offit, Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong

“The final note of the piece seems to hang over the hushed auditorium like a delicate glass orb suspended from a gossamer thread. Then it falls away, shattered by thunderous applause.”
― Wendy Corsi Staub, The Good Sister

“He and his wife were staying at Muffin’s house, and Phyllis had already stopped in to offer her condolences. You never offered just one condolence. Most greetings were plural. Regards. Best wishes. Odd, thought Clemmie, that you “offered” condolences at all, as if they might be refused.”
― Caroline B. Cooney, The Wrong Good Deed

“I stare at my reflection. Before Samson, when I would look in the mirror, I would see a girl who mattered to no one. But every time I’ve looked in the mirror since meeting him, I’ve seen a girl who matters to someone else.”
― Colleen Hoover, Heart Bones