Simon

“Master Fry had a parting gift for the boy, a new copy of White Light Red Fire. Raimund had already read the book once and wondered what his role would be in the ongoing story, in what he thought was a strange collision of the past with the present.”
― Robert Reid, The Thief

“Lily's spirit neediness expressed itself raw as a kerosene blaze in the material world.”
― Charles Frazier, Nightwoods

“like when I walk along a pavement in Porteneil and I accidentally scuff one heel on a paving stone. I have to scuff the other foot as well, with as near as possible the same weight, to feel good again.”
― Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory

“When visitors leave, I feel like an actor watching the audience file out of the theater, and it was no different with my sisters. The show over, Hugh and I returned to lesser versions of ourselves. We’re not a horrible couple, but we have our share of fights, the type that can start with a misplaced sock and suddenly be about everything. “I haven’t liked you since 2002,” he hissed during a recent argument over which airport security line was moving the fastest.”
― David Sedaris, Calypso