Marietta Dilts

“(there is no pepper on the table; evidently pepper perks the libido),”
― Tom Hillman, Digging for God

“The fire on the mountain.” That was Anna. “Alchemy,” she said. “I feel it singing in my bones.”
“Singing?” Mary would never understand Anna. The young woman turned away.
Wiseman’s reply was tinged with respect.
“That great pair of alchemists, Francis Ransome and Roberta Le More, believed the work they did affected the world’s spirit, the anima mundi. The Native Americans they met believed they too could and should interact with the Great Spirit. They lived with reverence for the land and all its peoples, the ancestors, the animals, the rocks, the trees, mountains.” 
Mary’s jaw dropped; Caroline glowed; Anna pretended not to listen. Wiseman nodded, then continued.
“You mean…?” began Mary.
“Yes, it could have been so different, a meeting of like-minded earth-based spiritualities. Just imagine, what could have been?”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“Keep Pushing Mav," Rico Says ," Tough situations don't last. Tough People Do.”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose

“Personally, I’d rather see him strung up by his balls and hung upside down over a pit of snapping alligators. But I’ll settle for life in prison as somebody’s bottom bitch.”
― Lotchie Burton, Dante's Revenge