Stevie Archer

“Inevitably, I became distracted by tales that I knew held no promise for us—accounts of murders that had long since been solved, or whose salient characteristics were nothing like those of our case—but which were so morbidly fascinating on their own merits that I had to see how they turned out.”
― Caleb Carr, The Alienist

“The toleration of racism and xenophobia by most westerners contradicts their delusional assumptions — the result of mass indoctrination — of belonging to civilised and enlightened democracies where religious and political leaders abide by the truth with freedom and justice prevailing over racial preference, class privilege, negative preconceptions, and cowardly conformity. Such repressive indoctrination facilitates either silent complicity, or active involvement in the unspeakable crimes being committed against most of humanity.”
― William Hanna, The Grim Reaper

“Това, че си стоеше по цял ден по пижама вкъщи и превеждаше книги, предимно от мъртви автори, не помагаше особено. Понякога с часове се занимаваше с едно изречение, обикаляше като куче с кокал, накрая изреваваше: ИЗМИСЛИХ ГО! и изтичваше до бюрото да изкопае дупка и да го зарови.”
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

“They did not suspect her for a moment. It did not occur to them that a woman could be dangerous. How foolish they were. Women could do most of the things men did. Who was left in charge when the men were fighting wars, or going on crusades? There were women carpenters, dyers, tanners, bakers and brewers. Aliena herself was one of the most important merchants in the county. The duties of an abbess, running a nunnery, were exactly the same as those of an abbot. Why, it had been a woman, the Empress Maud, who caused the civil war that had gone on for fifteen years! Yet these wooden-headed men-at-arms did not expect a woman to be an enemy agent because it was not the normal thing.”
― Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth