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“The truth I could see with my own eyes was the only truth I trusted these days. “Truth” had somehow become subjective.”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again

“Even the most expensive luxury-hotel mattress in the world was no match for one in your home. The one with your bedside table. The one with your reading light. The one with your wife.”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again

“Joe,” Barack said, “if I hear one more story about your weird 1930s all-boys prep school, I’m going to lose it. We’re going to have quiet time. Whoever can stay silent the longest gets two scoops of chocolate-chip ice cream.” “And a waffle cone?” “And a waffle cone,” he said. “We start now.” “If you think I can’t shut up for five minutes, then—” “You’re still talking.”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again

“This whole “going from one bar to another” made no sense to me. Didn’t they serve the same beer at every bar? What were they chasing?”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again

“There were thick steel bars on the lower-level windows of every residence. It seemed like a nightmare way to live your life, always peering out from behind bars like you were a prisoner in your own home. The houses couldn’t have been cheap, but each one was a prison. A multimillion-dollar prison.”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again

“The Prohibition era was interesting. Many parallels to today, if you think about it. We’re fighting some of the same fights—the growing divide between urban and rural Americans, the rising anti-immigrant fervor. The Moral Majority. We’re repeating the past.”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again

“A hundred years ago, the Irish had been the immigrant boogeymen. The popular image of the leprechaun began life as a xenophobic political cartoon. Once, nobody thought a Catholic could be president. Then Kennedy came along. From time to time, we liked to pat ourselves on the back and think we were done with hate. Recent history had shown us it didn’t take much to awaken it, though.”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again

“You ever drive one of these things?” Barack asked, staring at the controls like Sarah Palin at a teleprompter.”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Rides Again

“The trick to constructing an unassailable relationship is to embrace the unsolvable.”
― Emily Carpenter, Every Single Secret

“The point is, there are unsolvable problems that even the most brilliant among us can’t resolve. They’re in math but also science, philosophy, and art. Everywhere. So why, then, is it that we can’t accept unsolvable problems in human psychology? You can talk about your disagreements with the person that you love until your throats are raw. But it won’t change anything. And it won’t ensure a happily-ever-after.”
― Emily Carpenter, Every Single Secret

“Because that’s why we’re here on this planet. You know? To speak to dogs. To be alive in the world.”
― Jon Cohen, Harry's Trees

“Pine sap is antiseptic, astringent, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial. Best damn Band-Aid in the world,”
― Jon Cohen, Harry's Trees

“And just like that another climate denier is born. See how easy it is? All I have to do is tell you something you don’t want to hear.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary