First time Quote by Lia Habel

“I guess when you'd lived as long, and pondered as much, as Old Tom had...a game of hopscotch could be more profound than village…

— Linda Medley

“Coal Town was primed like a john with a hard-on. All they needed was a willing hooker and it would blow.”

— Sharon Sala

“You know something Andie? If we could find some coal for you to sit on, we could both retire early.”

— Priscilla Glenn

“We're all dealt our lumps of coal. What you do with it can turn beautiful.”

— Plumb

“I thought I explained it to you. Boyd and I dug coal together.”

— Elmore Leonard

“If I said that I couldn't live without Tom, it wouldn't be true. Of course I can live without him. It's just that it…

— Anna Maxted

“Tom is a filthy little pustule. If you quote me, I'll deny it!”

— Nancy Farmer

“Tom's whole being applauded this idea. It was deep, and dark, and awful; the hour, the circumstances, the surroundings, were in keeping with it.”

— Mark Twain

“Tom finally understood why his father saw humanity as worthless. It was hard to see much fundamental value in anything when the bad guys…

— S.J. Kincaid

“They'd taken everything. Everything, and people simply had let them. People had meekly surrendered the world to them in hopes those CEOs would finally…

— S. J. Kincaid

“Tom said people should repaint their houses in and out, especially in, at least once a year—because who wants to live with the memories…

— Frank Lentricchia

“Tom and I help in common the hope that there might be a geographical ticket out of the problems of indecision, boredom, and the…

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus