Derreck

“Just be careful. Passion is a bridge that connects love and hate. When you're standing in the middle of that bridge, don't let yourself get turned around. You've got to make sure you know which direction you're heading. Watch yourself.”
― Jay Bell, Kamikaze Boys

“Enséñame a volar, mi mariposa hermosa,’ Tim said suddenly. ‘It’s from a poem I— Well, it’s from a poem.’

‘What’s it mean?’

”Teach me how to fly, my beautiful butterfly.”

- Tim Wyman”
― Jay Bell

“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

“That the sun still rose the next morning was incredibly unjust. Someone good had died. People still woke up, had breakfast, went to work, and it was wrong. Flower petals still opened in the sun’s early light, and animals still grazed the day away, their minds untroubled. Someone good had died and the world had the audacity to move on.”
― Jay Bell, Something Like Summer