“ But the shock wears off, more quickly for some, but eventually for most. Fast food and alcohol are seductive, and I didn’t fight too hard. Your old routine is easy to fall back into, preferences and t… Brian Castner
“ I expected to be happy, but let me tell you something. Anticipating happiness and being happy are two entirely different things. I told myself that all I wanted to do was go to the mall. I wanted to l… Matthew J. Hefti
“ Coming back to Karachi is like stepping into the sea again after months on land. How easily you float, how peaceful is the sense of being borne along, and how familiar the sound of the water lapping a… Kamila Shamsie
“ With the warmth of an alien sun on his back, Jacob took a deep breath at the door and knocked. Sharon Sant
“ Often I would hear other people ask, “When will I be normal again?”What you don’t often hear is a blunt truth: things will never be normal again. Not the “old" normal at least. You have to invent the… Michelle Dallocchio
“ I did exactly what you told me to do, Nick. Didn't you tell me to just write the stupid book already? And that even doing the worst thing on the planet had to count for something? Well I can't think o… Matthew J. Hefti
“ The world he had left was not ready for his return, or rather, he was not ready to return to the world he had left. Matthew J. Hefti
“ Homecoming is a single word, and we use it to describe a single event. But true homecoming requires more time. It seems to be a process rather than a moment. Perhaps we come home the way the earth com… Christie Purifoy
