In this moment that blooms and fades as it passes, he is enough, and all is well in the world.

    — Lauren Groff, from Arcadia

[But first I’m going to kiss my son and whisper two words in his ear. Against the dreams that may come, you know.
Two words that sound a bit alike.
One of them is Hartford.]
The other is hope.

    — Stephen King, from The Mist

Let’s build a wall.

    — Babs H. Deal, from The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Gently stroke your books, dear stranger, and remember they are dust.

    —

Miljenko Jergovic, from “The Library”, in Sarajevo Marlboro, translated by Stela Tomaševic

Together they climb from the minivan.

    — Roy Freirich, from Winged Creatures

With a deep cry of despair, Amos said, “Ah, Arutha, you take all the fun out of life!

    — Raymond E. Feist, from Magician