“We are now about to visit the most marvelous places and see the most wonderful things!”
― James and the Giant Peach
― James and the Giant Peach
“I feel like the Earth has cracked open and swallowed me into a bottomless abyss.”
― The Last Sunset
― The Last Sunset
“Don't bullshit me, Olan. I know when a girl's getting screwed.”
― Quantum Roots
― Quantum Roots
“No second Johannesburg is needed upon the earth. One is enough.”
― Cry, the Beloved Country
― Cry, the Beloved Country
“Ten years old. Seemed perfectly normal, which under the circumstances, according to the doctor who first interviewed him, meant he probably wasn’t. Years later that would be amended. “He has a talent for violence.”
― Black Fire
― Black Fire
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