C. Scott Kippen

“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.”
― Edward Bulwer Lytton, Paul Clifford

“Cats, as you know, are quite impervious to threats.”
― Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“I would prefer not to.”
― Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener