«Понимание всего этого не является упражнением для разума, — сказал дон Хуан, внимательно выслушав мои доводы. — Вряд ли я смогу объяснить, что именно имеют в виду маги, говоря о волокнах внутри и вне...

Will: Have you ever seen what happens to someone with demon pox? First it lies dormant. One begins to turn yellow and green. Then the swelling sets in -Jem: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DEMON POX.

Where do I come into all of this? Am I just some animal or dog?' And that started them off govoreeting real loud and throwing slovos at me. So I creeched louder still, creeching: 'Am I just to be like...

What? he demanded. Did you just...clean a dish? Dee backed away slowly, blinking. She glanced at Daemon. The world is going to end. And I’m still a vir— No! both the brothers yelled in unison. Daemon...

What makes up a life; events or the recollection of events?How much of recollection is invention?Whose invention?

Vagueness spurred him into knight errantry.

There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books.

The thought of gaining weight was all she needed to lose her appetite completely. Not that Jessica – a model-slim, perfect size-six – ever had to worry about her weight.

The orange of the golden carp appeared at the edge of the pond. . . . We watched in silence at the beauty and grandeur of the great fish. Out of the corners of my eyes I saw Cico hold his hand to his...

The only time I've ever learned anything from a review was when wrote a piece in the Guardian about my second novel, . He said that, together with the previous novel, it represented a diptych about t...

The laws of physics is the canvas God laid down on which to paint his masterpiece

The fundamental core of contemporary Darwinism, the theory of DNA-based reproduction and evolution, is now beyond dispute among scientists. It demonstrates its power every day, contributing crucially...

The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them.

That's not the spirit of the law, Emma. Remember? I thought it was 'the Law is annoying, but it is also flexible.

Thank God for imminent doomsday.

Suppose we suddenly wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain't this and that at all?

Siempre deja la ventura una puerta abierta en las desdichas, para dar remedio a ellas.

Reparations, said Jem very suddenly, setting down the pen he was holding.Will looked at him in puzzlement. Is this a game? We just blurt out whatever word comes next to mind? In that case mine is ‘gen...

Polly was the same age as Alma, but daintier and startlingly beautiful. She looked like a perfect figurine carved out of fine French soap, into which someone had inlaid a pair of glittering peacock-bl...

Para comprender el estado de la humanidad puede que baste con saber que la mayoría de los grandes triunfos y grandes catástrofes de la historia no se deben a que las personas son buenas en esencia o m...