April 2012
“They are very young. And on their earth, as they call it, they never communicate with other planets. They revolve about all alone in space.”
“Oh,” the thin beast said. “Aren’t they lonely?” —Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
“Oh,” the thin beast said. “Aren’t they lonely?” —Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
“Heartless it may be, but headless it ain’t. I’ve never claimed to be nice, just sensible”
—Terry Pratchett, Granny Weatherwax in Lords and Ladies
“He was one of those people whose ideas are too lively to be confined in their brains and spill out into the world to the consternation of passers-by. He talked to himself and the expression of his face changed constantly. Within the space of a single moment he looked surprized, insulted, resolute and angry — emotions which were presumably the consequences of the energetic conversations he was holding with the ideal people inside his head.”
—Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
“I did not notice that I was being set upon by a pickpocket, which I was glad of, because I like to work only with professionals.”
—Douglas Adams, from Last Chance to See
