Dawn

“Dear Rick,

I've never thought math was a miracle. The things we study simply are. They were the rules of the universe before we were here to understand them. They operate the world behind the curtain, whether we look behind it or not. The rules are already there. Music is a miracle. It adds something to the world that didn't have to be here. Language is a miracle. Every sentence ever spoken and every song ever sung is a new invention. Not only do they add something new to the world, they transmit thoughts and emotions that would otherwise be locked within one person. I hear a song and feel something a composer felt 200 years ago. I read your letter and hear your voice saying the words. I feel you in the room with me. That's the miracle.”
― Ethan Chatagnier, Singer Distance

“His head was always in the clouds. 'I'm writing a novel,' he told her. As if that was something to crow about. As if there weren't enough novels in the world already.”
― Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety

“Brothers and sisters are especially loath to admit their true feelings. Theirs is the most cryptic of all bonds. Sisters talk things out. Brothers fight them out, but a brother and a sister can only know and it is the knowing that reinforces the connection.”
― Anna Bruno, Fine Young People: A Novel

“In my book, modesty is tantamount to lying.”
― Benedict Brown, Death on a Summer’s Day