Michelle F

“But greater than all these delights would be the possession of this wondrous library for my own use and pleasure. What more could my bibliophile's soul ask for? Here were marvels without end, treasures beyond knowing. You have seen the worst of me in these confessions. Here, then, let me throw into the opposite side of the balance, what I truly believe is the best of me: my devotion to the mental life, to those divine faculties of intellect and imagination which, when exercised to the utmost, can make gods of us all.”
― Michael Cox, The Meaning of Night

“I did not say "alas!" (nobody ever does that I know of, though the word is so frequently written).”
― Alexander William Kinglake, Eothen – Travel in the East

“This whole thing happened because I got up last night, because my cat got hungry and I had to go find a fork, and I stumbled into that conference room and saw Will and Ling and their cop friend messing with a severed hand.” Budd said, “A severed what?” and Andre said, “Your cat eats with a fork?”
― David Wong, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

“There is something vaguely worrying about the word “reckon” that leaves the ear, for many hard to understand reasons, wishing it was something else a little more certain and a little less frightening.”
― Terry Pratchett, Raising Steam