George

“Some bodies were meant for Speedo. His was black.”
― Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand

“By the same token that all history is a kind of fantasy, though, all fantasy is in its own fashion a kind of history. Whatever we invent we must build from the foundations of what we know of the hopes and fears, desires and ambitions of men. All fantasy reflects that knowledge, just as all knowledge partakes of fantastic speculation. For this reason, we must by no means despise histories of pasts which never were, for they may help us nevertheless to understand what we are and may become. Perchance they may even help us to a better understanding of ourselves than that history in which we have consente4d to believe.

[Epilogue, section 2]”
― Brian M. Stableford, The Werewolves of London

“Tara set down her backpack, smoothed the lapels of her jacket, and stepped toward the lightning.”
― Max Gladstone, Four Roads Cross

“Fenki: 'It would be rude to interrupt the Night Worms when they feast on your tasty blood ...”
― Michael Moorcock, Elric in the Dream Realms