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“The story’s what matters; spelling’s overrated.”
― Adam Langer, The Salinger Contract

“My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.”
― Rick Riordan

“The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.”
― Tennessee Williams, Camino Real

“If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

“The power of faith is the fear of the unknown. The power of love is the fear of dying alone. —EXCERPT FROM “THE POWER OF FEAR” BY HALBER TOD”
― Michael R. Fletcher, Beyond Redemption

“look of fury, a look of pain, a look of hatred you can trust. A smile can hide anything.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Half a War

“..
es nojukšu
kā nojūk vilcieni no sliedēm
es sajukšu
kā sajūk nakts ar priedēm
es sajukšu
kā zaglis sajūk zelta vārtos
neviens vairs mani
nesavāks un nesakārtos
..”
― Imants Ziedonis

“And so it came to pass, that Joshua of Nazareth moved among them, healing them and performing miracles, and all the little blind children of Nicobar did see again, and all the lame did stand up and walk. The little fuckers.   And”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: A Novel

“You know why I’m raising you kids to be Cubs fans?” Buddy shakes his head. “Any mook can be a fan of a winning team,” Dad says. “It takes character to root for the doomed. You show up, you watch your boys take their swings, and you watch ’em go down in flames—every damn day. You think Jack Brickhouse is an optimist? No-siree. He may sound happy, but he’s dying inside. There’s no seat in Wrigley Field for a God damn Pollyanna. You root-root-root for the home team, and they lose anyway. It teaches you how the world works, kid. Sure, start every spring with your hopes and dreams, but in the universe in which we live, you will be mathematically eliminated by Labor Day. Count on it.”
― Daryl Gregory, Spoonbenders

“Graciella’s frown was there and gone in an instant. He didn’t know how to interpret that. If they were playing poker, it would have telegraphed that she’d picked a bad card, and he would have bet against her. But in the game of Real Women, he was forever a novice.”
― Daryl Gregory, Spoonbenders