Otto Testla > Otto's Quotes

“He stood on”
― Rayven T. Hill, Blood and Justice

“Reality is boring, and Jenna realized that very early on.”
― Jenna Van Vleet, The Castrofax

“Massachusetts”
― United States, The United States Constitution

“Nolen stopped short when a crippling pain”
― Jenna Van Vleet, The Castrofax

“Dorothy”
― L. Frank Baum, Glinda of Oz

“Another time, he was playing [chess] with his equal, the Duchess of Bourbon, who made a move that inadvertently exposed her king. Ignoring the rules of the game, he promptly captured it. "Ah," said the duchess, "we do not take Kings so." Replied Franklin in a famous quip: "We do in America.”
― Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

“His persistence baffled me. He was known to guard his privacy, and I had no reason to believe he’d ever read any of my books.”
― Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs

“He jerked the man into the dark corridor, and they set out again. Dorian was glad to be out of the humid, freakish place with the snakes and flying invisible birds, and who knew what else. He wanted to barricade the entrance, ensuring that nothing made it out, but there was no time.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis World

“men being led into the clearing. The towering oaks formed a mighty tunnel for the procession. The trees, like the air embracing them, were still and somber, reflecting b”
― Virginia Gaffney, Storm Clouds Rolling In: 1860-1861

“My mother told me stories when I was a child. She said long ago The Waste was full of people. There were permanent settlements of strangers so large whole valleys were filled to bursting. There were so many people that buildings were built high into the sky just to make room. She said these sky buildings were taller than the tallest trees, so tall that when someone looked down from the top the people walking below appeared no larger than the bugs we swept from our tent floor each night. She said some of these settlements were so large that they had more people than all the needles on the tallest pine tree in The Waste.”
― Troy Hallewell, RazorWire

“My mother told me stories when I was a child. She said long ago The Waste was full of people. There were permanent settlements of strangers so large whole valleys were filled to bursting. There were so many people that buildings were built high into the”
― Troy Hallewell, RazorWire

“No,” Patricia said. “I know where you live. I know your owner. If you are naughty, I will tell. I will tell on you.” She was kind of fibbing. She didn’t know who owned Tommington, but her mother might. And if Patricia came home covered with bites and scratches her mother would be mad. At her but also at Tommington’s owner. You did not want Patricia’s mom mad at you, because she got mad for a living and was really good at it.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

“inasmuch as a dead rock wants anything—it wants you dead too. So you can go quickly. A landslide can bury you. A lava tube can collapse on you. You can plunge headlong into a crater. A meteoroid can strike your habitat at seventy thousand kilometers per hour. A micrometeorite can bust open your spacesuit. A sudden burst of static electricity can blow”
― Anthony O'Neill, The Dark Side

“keep the conversation focused on deli meats. Behind the counter, Otto politely slices and listens, occasionally interjecting questions. We’re on track here. And then we’re not. ‘So! My daddy has been in London for ten days, and he comes back in four days, on Wednesday. He comes in to JFK airport on American Airlines flight 100, at terminal 8,”
― Judith Newman, To Siri With Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of a Machine

“He heaved his massive bulk from the chair and approached Eric and Stevie. Towering over them, he began to talk, quietly and menacingly at first; then building to a scream and bellow, spittle flying from his mouth.”
― Richard Cosme, Blood of the Dogs: Book I: Annihilation