Alonso Barson

“Tell those voices in your head to shut up. That’s my brother they’re talking about, and I love him. I love you, Teej.”
― Lauren Landish, Dirty Secrets

“A fixation on happiness inevitably amounts to a never-ending pursuit of “something else”—a new house, a new relationship, another child, another pay raise. And despite all of our sweat and strain, we end up feeling eerily similar to how we started: inadequate. Psychologists sometimes refer to this concept as the “hedonic treadmill”: the idea that we’re always working hard to change our life situation, but we actually never feel very different.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“He had been too good, too pure for the sewer of prejudice and hatred this country had become. This country wasn’t for angels anymore. Only those twisted by hatred and fear could prosper here now.”
― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest

“men arguing over nothing but the sheer Italian love of verbal battle and mock outrage.”
― Mark T. Sullivan, Beneath a Scarlet Sky