“Hopeful people are more easily controlled, but the volume must be managed. Too much hope leaves a person emboldened and resistant. Too little leaves them disabled and useless. But just the right amount of hope subjugates them. They cradle it… — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“She sat at the little table, her expression like that of a child digesting failed plans.” — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“She looked at his face. So old and wrinkled. So beautiful and just right.” — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“When the people are not enlightened enough to exercise intelligent control, you take it from them, not to command their lives, but to create… — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“A smile leaked from behind the boy’s somber face, and then the thing withered like a little flower growing someplace infirm.” — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“On one side of the room, a middle-aged couple filled the boxes of a newspaper crossword puzzle, their faces lit with broad smiles, their… — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“He kissed her somber lips and said goodbye, and then he shut the door in her beautiful face against whatever sanity still nested in… — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“They rolled up the path, tree branches raking the windshield like angry wardens.” — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“You have to get angry in the face of bad situations. It's the most effective way to escape the bridles of despair.” — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The boy raised the can to his nose and smelled, his lips wrinkling back as if he'd caught the business end of a skunk.” — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“She looked at him, his black, depthless eyes like boiling wells of oil.” — R.J. Lawrence Copy Share Image
