Lauma

“Lūdzu, tāds viņš – Nams – ir. Visā savā godībā. Sēdi un blenz sienā vai griestos. Klausīdamies mūziku vai neklausīdamies. Beidzies vai nost no garlaicības un vienā laidā pīpē, lai vismaz kaut ko darītu. Bet apkārt tikmēr klīst arvien zvīņaināki barveži, Nams tev iededzina vai neiededzina savu zīmi, un tas viss beigu beigās var izrādīties pasaciņas, ko sadzejo Šakālis, kuram, vai traks, kā patīk visus biedēt ar briesmu stāstiem.”
― Mariam Petrosyan, The Gray House

“Diezin vai visā pasaulē ir kāda tik visvarena, tik aizraujoša un reizē šausmīga parādība kā sievietes orgasms. Tas ir kā Niagaras ūdenskritums, vērots no iekšpuses.”
― Suzanne Brøgger

“IN MY EXPERIENCE, SUSAN, WITHIN THEIR HEADS TOO MANY HUMANS SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF WARS THAT HAPPENED CENTURIES AGO.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

“The first drink of the day brings us into the present moment: we become Buddhists. That first drink also has a physically restorative effect. I find I can spend all day complaining about being tired, listless, lacking in energy, desperate for sleep. Then at six, in the pub or at home, with a pint of foaming nut-brown ale before me instead of a computer screen, I will suddenly perk up. Energy will rush back into my body. I am alive. And with one drink, the wage slaves of the day are transformed into thinking, feeling, laughing, independent human beings. We are our own masters once more.”
― Tom Hodgkinson, How to Be Idle