Vladimir

“they know they are in the Navy – they have chosen their cake, and must lie on it.’ ‘You mean, they cannot have their bed and eat it.’ ‘No, no, it is not quite that, neither.”
― Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise

“The street finds its own uses for things.”
― William Gibson

“The qualifications for being a Scout seemed to be a shocking level of physical endurance, a complete disregard for mortal danger, and some knowledge of how to exist in a space suit. All of them were Russian.”
― Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

“My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.”
― Gene Wolfe