Dee Bellman

“Black once tried to tackle a Humvee head-on. This was worse”
― William Kely McClung, Black Fire

“Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

“Y, como no me era ajeno el arte de la guerra, le hablé de cañones, pistolas, balas, pólvoras, espadas, bayonetas, batallas, sitios, retiradas, ataques, minas, contraminas, bombardeos, combates navales, buques hundidos con un millar de hombres, veinte mil muertos de cada parte, gemidos de moribundos, miembros volando por el aire, humo, ruido, confusión, muertes por aplastamiento bajo patas de los caballos, huidas, persecución, victoria, campos cubiertos de cadáveres que sirven de alimento a perros, lobos y aves de rapiña; pillajes, despojos, estupros, incendios y destrucciones.”
― Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels

“Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame