Fynn

“Given a man who, among his fellows, has no real superiority, you are faced with a bedevilled madman who, if superiority is denied him, and he cannot learn or earn one, will turn on something weaker than himself and make it inferior. The obvious, logical, handiest subject for this inexcusable indignity is his woman.
He could not do this to anyone he loved.”
― Theodore Sturgeon, Venus Plus X

“Maple. Maypole
Catch and carry.
Ash and Ember.
Elderberry.
Woolen. Woman.
Moon at night.
Willow. Window.
Candlelight.
Fallow farrow.
Ash and oak.
Bide and borrow.
Chimney smoke.
Barrel. Barley.
Stone and stave.
Wind and water.
Misbehave.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“For a time he watched the Captain's unconscious face, reading it with great tenderness and utmost attention, like a mother with an infant.
His words said, Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose?
And they said, But I'm glad it's you, little prince. I'm glad it's you.
He put out his huge hand and, with a feather touch, stroked the sleeping lips.”
― Theodore Sturgeon, E Pluribus Unicorn

“And let the days go by, and let the time pass, and huddle beneath your impenetrable integument, and wait, and wait, and every once in a long while you will have that moment of lonely consciousness when there is no one around to see; and then it may burst from you and you may dance, or cry, or twist the hair on your head till your eyeballs blaze, or do any of the other things your so unfashionable nature thirstily demands.”
― Theodore Sturgeon, E Pluribus Unicorn