Mary

“My father liked his Indian talk about the Great Spirit,” Ridgeway said. “All these years later, I prefer the American spirit, the one that called us from the Old World to the New, to conquer and build and civilize. And destroy that what needs to be destroyed. To lift up the lesser races. If not lift up, subjugate. And if not subjugate, exterminate. Our destiny by divine prescription—the American imperative.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Wide Window

“The past is a bucket of ashes”
― Carl Sandburg, Cornhuskers

“Murder seldom inspires much lasting interest beyond the houses it strikes.”
― John Darnielle, Devil House