Nikia Joncas

“Pythagoras has had me going round in circles for years.”
― Anthony Merrydew”
― A.R. Merrydew

“Enraged, Marco paced back and forth, gripping the newspaper in his fist. What do these animals hope to accomplish with senseless violence? We have enough suffering on this island. Do we have to kill each other, too?”
― Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage

“The Scottish scout called Hamish Plenderlief spoke to his superior saying, “Sir, I have just returned from a patrol around Tynemouth Priory. My second scout and myself observed that the English King Edward II has been joined in his illegal invasion of Scotland by his queen, Isabella!”
― Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

“He thought she was sleeping, so he touched her arm, saying, “Dale, time to get up.” But she wasn’t sleeping. “She’s in a better place now,” Sonny told me. “A heart attack just after Mother’s Day—she wouldn’t have wanted it another way. She’s suffered a lot in life, and now she’s happy.”
― Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks