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“he had always thought that these vast territories were empty—that he had believed they were inhabited only during the short period of time during which travelers were passing through them, and that, like the ocean in the wake of a ship, solitude closed up after the riders. He further understood that all those travelers, himself included, were, in fact, intruders.”
― Hernan Diaz, In the Distance

“Nullman had won a Nobel Prize that year. Nick had won Best Tentacle Death in the Nautical category of Port Talbot’s rescheduled ShockerCon for his killer coral novel, The Coral What Killed.”
― Garth Marenghi, Incarcerat

“[T]here must be some things for which God cannot be accused by man and held responsible.”
― William Faulkner, Light in August

“People are interested in other people. But your unconscious is not. Or only as they might directly affect you. It’s been hired to do a very specific job. It never sleeps. It’s more faithful than God.”
― Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris