Devin Dippel

“On rocky islands gulls woke.”
― Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain

“Teachers're always using that "in your own words." I hate that. Authors knit their sentences tight. It's their job. Why make us unpick them, just to put it back together more shonkily? How're you s'posed to say Kapellmeister if you can't say Kapellmeister?”
― David Mitchell, Black Swan Green

“Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.”
― Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman

“That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.”
― Madeleine L'Engle