4 Quotes by Edward J. Santella

He envied her confidence…no. That was wrong. She didn’t have confidence at all. What she had was the courage, or drive, or perhaps it was compulsion, to go forward despite the lack.

Puberty. The word itself sounded like a half-digested lump of rubber.

What violent, good luck you had. When you bought your home you received stolen property, but the blood had dried, the war forgotten, and it seemed your god himself had granted you this land.

Prayers, maybe most of them, go unanswered. You two, you’re too young, too fortunate, to know that. You will. Prayers go unanswered. Not God’s fault. People keep getting in His way.