Penner

“From what I know of Sheckley’s work, I should say that he is quite clever enough to have known what he was doing, and it hardly matters if he didn’t, because, as we all know, a writer’s view of what he was doing is no more valid than anyone else’s.”
― Kingsley Amis, New Maps of Hell

“It is suggestive, if nothing more, to be reminded that the first occurrences in ancient Greek of the word for line or drawing or writing (graphein) are actually in reference to the cut made on the body by a pointed arrow. The first writing, in our literary tradition anyway, was violent scarring.”
― Alva Noë, The Entanglement: How Art and Philosophy Make Us What We Are

“She wanted to cook the prime minister a good soft-boiled egg and stand over him while he ate every bite; she wanted to tell him to have a long sleep and not worry about how bombe machines worked; she wanted to tell him they would do their jobs, never fear, so he should go home and get some rest before he dropped dead. She had to clasp her hands to stop from doing up his overcoat as he turned to leave.”
― Kate Quinn, The Rose Code

“Most folks worry too much about their girls. Girls need to be sheltered and advised and watched. Well, that used to be the old motto and maybe it was true in the old days. But it’s the boys now, seems to me, that need to be watched. Girls nowadays are pretty sure of themselves. I feel sorry for the mothers of boys.”
― Priscilla Wayne, Love Past Thirty