Donnie Nelson

“the bedside, stripped him of his clothes, and introduced Károly to the many delicious debaucheries men did with one another in private. In the manner of a virgin youth who had barely conceived of such pleasures, Károly went along with thunderstruck abandon and great multitudes of gratitude.”
― Andrew J. Peters, Slashed and Mashed: Seven Gayly Subverted Stories

“Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear’s path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Compassion existed when and only when one could step outside oneself, to suddenly see the bars from inside the cage.”
― Steven Erikson, The Bonehunters

“She has learned to suppress her flight instincts, to put on a sickle-cell smile when asked the tickbox questions she gets every year.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The New Voices of Fantasy