Meredith Lipstone

“Soldiers were coming in with just bits of their bodies, falling in love with me for an hour and then dying.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

“We have failed to see that total peace can be as deadly as total war.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Gamearth Trilogy Omnibus

“So I got desperate. I was really panicking. Then I got this idea. I figured if I looked at people hitching rides, I might find somebody. One of them might turn out to be the right type of person, and willing to help me. I tried to choose pretty carefully. I only stopped for rough-looking men.”
― Lee Child, Echo Burning

“But it is a maxim of mine that men (being superior creatures) are bound to improve women—if they can.”
― Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone