Peter Giner

“They had no hope of anything more, no comprehension that there might be anything more. In a sense they were an autonomous body, functioning within a society which was organized to grind them down. The law did not protect them; for them it was merely an instrument of harassment, a means of moving them on when it was against their interest to move, or detaining them where it was to their disadvantage to stay.”
― Jim Thompson, The Getaway

“More Weight. Giles Corey”
― Arthur Miller, Arthur Miller's The Crucible

“When you see everything you realise nothing means anything.”
― Dennis Cooper, God Jr.

“I brought my face up and put my head back, baring my neck to the wind like a lover, to the rain like an offering.”
― Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory