Lourie Reprogle

“لا شيء أكثر رهبة من مواجهة أغراض رجل مات. الأشياء تهمد أيضًا، فمعناها كامنٌ في دورها خلال حياة صاحبها وحسب.”
― Paul Auster, The Invention of Solitude

“This hero had gone into the abyss, gone irrevocably, the son of the astrologer-king, forgiven on the eve of Sunday, the cruel fifth procurator of Judea, the equestrian Pontius Pilate.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“II y avait en elle un manque d'équilibre entre le sang et les
nerfs, une sorte de détraquement du cerveau et du cœur, qui la faisait vivre
en dehors de la vie ordinaire.”
― Émile Zola, The Fortune of the Rougons

“Strange how things turn out. Two birds, one stone and all that.' McBlane chuckled at his own impromptu joke. 'But things have worked out for the best and now we all get to work together,' he said, and a smile spread across his face as easy as a politician's lie.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree