“ [H]er retaliation only made the sin the greater because she could not find words to confess. Thomm Quackenbush
“ It is a challenge to love someone who does not see the divine as you do, and much harder still to date someone who considers your spirituality a design flaw in an otherwise worthwhile human being. Thomm Quackenbush
“ My characters will happily march off a cliff if it is in them to do so, but may the gods help me if I write that the character is an alcoholic when they are not. They will fight me at every turn and i… Thomm Quackenbush
“ In the pause that followed, Shane understood why people said their hearts broke. She always thought it was a weak metaphor of strong emotion. She could feel each bit of shrapnel from her heart stab at… Thomm Quackenbush
“ She could not keep his death in her head, like when she tried to imagine the infiniteness of the universe and nearly swooned at the vastness of the thought. Thomm Quackenbush
“ She had picked up life where she had left off... and hoped that would be enough to get the universe to politely overlook her. Thomm Quackenbush
“ She resented a universe that forced her to fabricate cover stories for its more inexplicable vagaries. Thomm Quackenbush
“ My soul is not satisfied with an inert universe. The gods may not make a habit of speaking to me personally, but I can't help but whisper comments to them. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Think about the whole Biblical story of Mary. She wakes up and sees something with a lion, eagle, and human face that wants to inseminate her with the Holy Seed. She’s practically a saint just for not… Thomm Quackenbush
“ She sat in the silence that resulted in the absence of her words, feeling unburdened but not absolved. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Opening her mouth to take a bite seemed forward. Chewing? Obscene. Mutual mastication was out of the question. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Now, it’s been a while since I had to tell this, so a few of the finer points may not connect as well as they should, but the story will bear the weight. That’s the beauty of the truth: put all togeth… Thomm Quackenbush
“ We're not mad," he began, meaning he was. He was always a plural when mad, as though grammatically throwing his lot in with her mother gave him the power of her authority. Thomm Quackenbush
“ A college provides a means of accrediting and laundering one’s existence, so that what was may be forgotten under the weight of something far more mundane. Thomm Quackenbush
“ My life of sin among people I’m sure he thinks are deviants is happier and more honest that his oppressive, sexist cesspool. Thomm Quackenbush
“ She felt that “truthful” and “honest” were two very different concepts. She could truthfully say that she hadn’t eaten Roselyn’s Chinese leftovers, but that wasn’t honest because it omitted that Eliot… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Within you, within all human beings, is a seed of greatness that makes their kind quake with fear. Thomm Quackenbush
“ You're like this...this goddess pretending to be human... And I don't know which one I love. Thomm Quackenbush
