Joshua Crosiar

“Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happinesspositively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.”
― Thomas Paine, Common Sense

“Mr. Lisbon had the feeling that he didn't know who she was, that children were only strangers you agreed to live with.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

“Oo, I like a good cat fight – especially when it doesn’t involve me,’ Oscar said.
‘Shut up!’ Bryony and Raya said simultaneously. A hairline crack formed in the ice between them.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

“It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it. ”
― Voltaire