Jack

“Never let a rigid itinerary discourage you from an unexpected adventure.”
― Josiah Bancroft, Senlin Ascends

“History is the propaganda of the victors.”
― Louis de Bernières, Corelli’s Mandolin

“She held the woman's hand but the hand was now simply weight. She listened as the men returned north toward the gate from which they'd first entered. They passed close to her tent. It seemed an endless procession, thousands strong. She imagined them not as men, not even as human, but as a dark, daylong season: a primal winter.”
― Omar El Akkad, American War

“A suggestion of a trapdoor waiting under every word.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven