Jay

“This big ol' world and we only get to go through it once. The saddest thing there is, you ask me.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“There are always a few drops left in the bottle of indignity.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, Less

“The garden was planted four hundred years ago, when the surrounding area was poplar." The woman makes a sweeping gesture, and he nods in appreciation.
"And now," Less says, "it's unpoplar.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, Less

“I was always just smart enough to get a good grade without actually learning anything. I was an expert in the nonfunctional accumulation of knowledge.”
― Erich Wurster, The Coaster