Caleb W

“After 9/11 the driveways to all the federal buildings had been shielded by gateposts, walled off with concrete abutments to deter terrorist attacks. The footpaths had been plugged with planters, obese, concrete weeds fisting through the pavement. This is what fear does, I thought. It makes everything ugly.”
― Noah Hawley, The Good Father

“In the light of day they all realized what strangers they still were, and yet what good is a family if you can’t open it up to strangers every once in a while?”
― Noah Hawley, The Good Father

“His wounds cut down to the bone—through the bone, to the marrow—and any relief you can find from that kind of pain, however temporary, you take. The trick is, enduring the guilt that grabs you in its broken teeth the minute that comfort ebbs.”
― John Langan, The Fisherman

“The great thing about scrutinizing bureaucracy when you’re a journalist, you see, is that the first people to break the laws of bureaucracy are always the bureaucrats themselves.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Otto