Chung Neverson

“She could hear his words ringing in her ears like an air raid siren. “Father’s asked me to accompany a sick soldier home. I would leave tomorrow but be back by Christmas.” Who was this Airman Ralph Jacobs? And why now? Why Dick, for heaven’s sakes? The man was shot down in Italy. Wasn’t that Sly and Bobby’s territory? Wasn’t it Harry’s? Maybe that’s what Annie had heard. So instead of using Sly, they dumped the duty onto Dick.”
― Cece Whittaker, Glorious Christmas

“Seems to me if you talk about these things too much, the magic gets lost and pretty soon talk is all there is. Some things in life just... are.”
― Nicholas Evans, The Horse Whisperer

“The moments between your milestones are not filler.”
― Nelou Keramati

“The boys would quit school and sooner or later go to jail for something silly. I might not quit school, not while Mama had any say in the matter, but what difference would that make? What was I going to do in five years? Work in the textile mill? Join Mama at the diner? It all looked bleak to me. No wonder people got crazy as they grew up.”
― Dorothy Allison, Bastard Out of Carolina