Sam Higton

“Magic was transgression, the blurring of the line between the impossible and the possible. There was something about crossing that boundary that seemed to shake loose all the morals and taboos people took for granted. When anything was within your grasp, it got harder and harder to remember why you shouldn’t take it—money, power, your dream job, your dream fuck, a life.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent

“Can you really imagine what it was like in those first moments, peering down into that dark space, and seeing that? Perhaps you can. Perhaps you’re staring at it now.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation / Authority / Acceptance

“The warm steam that had been filled with the pungent odors of roasting beef and pork had changed to the clammy damp of moss.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

“Right,’ I said. ‘Tell that to your coppers next time they shoot down some scared petty larceny crook running away up an alley with a stolen spare.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep