Lawrence

“There needs to be an error code that means “I received your request but decided to ignore you.”
― Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol

“Telling things was the only way he knew how to make small talk. Other forms of conversation were a mystery.”
― Jonathan Strahan, The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year, Volume Thirteen

“I believe in the redeeming power of stories, I believe that stories are incredibly important, possibly in ways we don’t understand, in allowing us to make sense of our lives, in allowing us to escape our lives, in giving us empathy and in creating the world that we live in.”—Neil Gaiman”
― Paula Guran, The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition

“I hated Sundays as a kid. From the moment I woke up, I could feel Monday looming, could feel another school week all piled up and ready to smother me. How was I supposed to enjoy a day of freedom while drowning in dread like that? It was impossible. A pit would form in my chest and gut—this indescribable emptiness that I knew should be filled with fun, but instead left me casting about for something to do.”
― Hugh Howey, Beacon 23