Cory

“Lastly, if you should ever doubt that a series of dry words in a government document can shatter spirits and demolish lives, let this book erase that doubt. Conversely, if you should be of the conviction that we are powerless to change those dry words, let this book give you heart.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman

“C’était une âme et un corps où n’entrait jamais l’aiguillon.”
― André Gide, The Counterfeiters

“She was a poor person, I was her poor child, and no one asks poor people if they want war.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer

“I think he must have made my mother very unhappy, and yet he loved her—that is, if he ever really loved anyone.”
― André Gide, The Counterfeiters