Venita Stransky

“So that's how we live our lives. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that's stolen from us--that's snatched right out of our hands--even if we are left completely changed, with only the outer layer of skin from before, we continue to play out our lives this way, in silence. We draw ever nearer to the end of our allotted span of time, bidding it farewell as it trails off behind. Repeating, often adroitly, the endless deeds of the everyday. Leaving behind a feeling of immeasurable emptiness.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

“I don't freeze up because it isn't my battle. I'm helping. I'm watching. But I'm free. Because it's Ender's game.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow

“Circling below her outstretched hand, the three cats eagerly lick their lips, vocalising in anticipation.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“explanatory”
― H. Beam Piper, The H. Beam Piper Megapack: 33 Classic Science Fiction Novels and Short Stories