Raphael Nyhan

“It’s lonely,” she replied. “But a good kind of lonely. The kind that makes you stronger. I lived a solitary life here for years. That is how I’ve emerged as I am now. All great faiths are born in the desert.”
― J.S. Latshaw, A Gallery of Mothers

“Trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked).”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book

“What chilled my blood was a felt marker outline of a woman on the wall. Hands above the head, where there was a hook, then below the shape of the head, a neck strap. Then a waist strap, and two ankle clamps. The silhouette gave me no doubt that Gina had been confined here. But where was she now?”
― Grahame Shannon, Tiger and the Robot