Counterpoint Press

“We're boys. That's what we're supposed to do.”
― Dennis E. Staples, This Town Sleeps: A Novel

“You have to believe me without proof. That's what faith is — believing without proof.'
They got up from the bank of stones. It was getting late, the shadows lay cool and lengthened on the grass and the tops of the trees had the stillness around them that means the end of the day and its liquidation in the setting sun. They retraced their steps back to the house where his car was parked, and when they passed through the blighted orchard, he picked up an apple for her and she ate it. She didn't even have to look; she knew it would be whole, without worms or decay.”
― Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, At the End of the Century: The Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

“In an era of fake news, and the filter bubble, [Gen Z is] also more likely to be able to push through the noise. . . Not only are they able to consume more information than any group before, they have also become accustomed to cutting through it. They are perhaps the most brand-critical, bullshit-repellent, questioning group around and will call out any behavior they dislike on social media. (Little wonder brands are quaking in their boots.)”
― Lucie Greene

“When the road stretches long and dark and ragged, it’s sweetness that remains at the end of it.”
― Maggie Downs, Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime