Merc

“It came to Mr. Blood, as he trudged forward under the laden apple-trees on that fragrant, delicious July morning, that man—as he had long suspected—was the vilest work of God, and that only a fool would set himself up as a healer of a species that was best exterminated.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
― Raymond Carver

“Literature is my Utopia”
― Helen Keller