Lisa K

“I’m still going to eat a lot of tacos,” Nate said. “But I’m going to do it judgmentally”
― Maureen Johnson, The Box in the Woods

“There are mysteries that may never be solved no matter how hard we try. And if we try too hard trying to solve them, we may miss what's right in front of us.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“You know what makes you a real Mississippian?" I rant or maybe just scream inwardly while flipping off the Confederate statue trapped in my rearview. "Surviving a Mississippi public education, that's what makes you a goddamn Mississippian. ... If you don't have giant gaps in geography -- entire countries you're unaware of, major religions you don't know exist -- then nope, not a Mississippian. If you had sober teachers who could even spell matriculate then you're from someplace fancy like Alabama.”
― Lee Durkee, The Last Taxi Driver

“A home isn’t always the house we live in. It’s also the people we choose to surround ourselves with. You may not live on the island, but you can’t tell me it’s not your home. Your bubble, Mr. Baker. It’s been popped. Why would you allow it to grow around you again?”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea