Meredith Reads

“Flannery O’Connor said the South is Christ-haunted. It’s haunted, all right. By the hypocrisy of Christianity. All these churches, all these Bibles, but it’s places just like Charon where the poor are ostracized. Where girls are called whores if they report a rape. Where I can’t go to the Watering Hole without wondering if the bartender done spit in my drink. People say this kind of thing doesn’t happen in a place like Charon. Darlene, this kind of thing is what makes places like Charon run. It’s the rock upon which this temple is built,” Titus said.”
― S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed

“Lulu had asked "How can you tell when they're right or wrong?"
He'd Chuckled. "That's easy. Usually if the party they're blaming is weaker than them, then they're making it all up. If the party they're blaming is stronger...well, that's when you really gotta pay attention to why they're complaining.”
― Matt Dinniman, Operation Bounce House

“This big guy ran to catch a Frisbee and thought he could step on one of those camping chairs. His foot ripped through the cloth and he twisted his groin and fell in agony. Conor just shook his head: “People forget they matter.” He walked off”
― Alex Gonzalez, rekt

“Look, if you don't make a fool of yourself over animals, at least in private, you aren't to be trusted.”
― T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead