“ I’ve seen a lot of stuff… maybe I’ve seen too much. I see most humans in a bad light because I’ve seen what they can do, how evil they can be… I’ve seen the Holocaust and I’ve seen Jonestown, I’ve see… Rebecca McNutt
“ Oh, trust me Sydney Tar Ponds, you aren’t the first Personification to be forgotten by somebody ordinary, Mearth sighed with a falsely-reassuring smile. Alecto stepped back from her, glaring hatefully… Rebecca McNutt
“ (...) pick up your axe, start at the rootsdon't miss the trunk, never forget:to end life truly and finallystart at the roots or end there. Moonshine Noire
“ Lady Moon rose an' gazed o'er my busted'n'beautsome Valleys with silv'ry'n'sorryin' eyes, an' the dingos mourned for the died uns. David Mitchell
“ A snake must be treated as a snake, forgiving it every time it showed you its fangs, will not transform into a garland of flowers. Himmilicious
“ I need just be a bayonet, a bayonet named Diving Punishment. I wish I'd been born a storm. Or a menace. Or a single grenade. No heart, no tears, just as a terrible gale'd have been good. If [by doing… Kohta Hirano
“ I hear the Wind Woman running with soft, soft footsteps over the hill. I shall always think of the wind as a personality. She is a shrew when she blows from the north -- a lonely seeker when she blows… L.M. Montgomery
“ There was nothing Mandy had wanted more than to give her full attention to the world of Personifications and ignore those who ignored her in society. She’d wanted to talk out loud to Alecto, to have c… Rebecca McNutt
“ Village life gently swirled around them, with the perpetual ebb and flow of people, scurrying in every direction. The village was a living, organic entity, with blood flowing through its veins, and wi… Leonardo Donofrio
“ Rome and New York were impressive, but they knew they were. They had the beauty of a vain woman who had squeezed herself into her favourite dress after hours of careful self worship. There was a raw,… Leonardo Donofrio
“ It is my conviction that, with the spread of true scientific culture, whatever may be the medium, historical, philological, philosophical, or physical, through which that culture is conveyed, and with… Thomas Henry Huxley
“ High productivity and a healthy environment are two unconditionally entwined buddies. Our process allows us to abort any attempts toward crucifying either of the two—because as soon as one of them die… Pawan Mishra
“ This had been happening more and more often: the two of us come upon each other by accident in the early hours of the morning and take solace in each others' company, weathering out the peril of being… Dexter Palmer
“ Ove gives the box a skeptical glance, as if it's a highly dubious sort of box, a box that rides a scooter and wears tracksuit pants and just called Ove "my friend" before offering to sell him a watch. Fredrik Backman
“ Your Mom's Car. Think about that. Try to wrap your brain around the supernatural and spiritual implications that the name bears down you. Your Mom's Car, holding its hand out straight, fingers curled,… Dan Chaon
“ By December an elastic skin of ice reached out hundreds of miles into the sea, rolling with every wave. Will Chancellor
