feste_thejester

“The last, I think; for, O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend!”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde [and The Bottle Imp]

“With furrowed brows, I obeyed, repeating his words in the poshest English accent I could muster. "Just give it a go."
His whole body locked up and he looked as if he'd seen a ghost. Swallowing hard, he nodded and glanced out the window. "Perfect.”
― Ashley Tropea, Missing in the Pages

“I am surely not the only writer who has the distinct sense that every sentence I write is surrounded by the ghosts of the sentences I could have written at that point, but didn't.”
― Philip Pullman

“I am Caspian Rogers and I am the captain of this ship," he ground out. "You are my hostage. Understand? You continue to exist because I allow it. You will not speak out of turn, you will not speak to _me_ at all, and if I hear you say that name ever again, I will slit your throat without a second thought. Am I clear?”
― Ashley Tropea, Missing in the Pages