Jonas Cooke

“Then I speak to her in a language she has never heard, I speak to her in Spanish, in the tongue of the long, crepuscular verses of Díaz Casanueva; in that language in which Joaquín Edwards preaches nationalism. My discourse is profound; I speak with eloquence and seduction; my words, more than from me, issue from the warm nights, from the many solitary nights on the Red Sea, and when the tiny dancer puts her arm around my neck, I understand that she understands. Magnificent language!”
― Pablo Neruda, Passions and Impressions

“you are not a man, but a feminine monstrosity with a bass voice!”
― Edwin A. Abbott

“yes, books are like flypapers. Memories cling to the printed page better than anything else.”
― Cornelia Funke

“Lonely's like any other organism; competitive and resourceful in the struggle to perpetuate itself.”
― Sebastian Faulks, Engleby