Alysyn Reinhardt

“...I wanted to be more than a Rorschach, more legible than a symbol, more vivid and musical, at least to the kid, than even the most laureled statue could ever be. I wanted to be real in a way that history wasn't...”
― Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations

“So we don’t own the building,” the director said, “but we hold a ten-thousand-year lease on the space.” “You’re right. That’s magnificent.” “Nineteenth-century hubris. Imagine thinking civilization would still exist in ten thousand years. But there’s more.” She leaned forward, paused for effect. “The lease is renewable.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

“there is poetry in committing a crime after you have served your sentence”
― Mohammed Hanif, A Case of Exploding Mangoes

“indifference to the sufferings one causes . . . is the terrible and permanent form of cruelty.” Far from being indifferent,”
― Kai Bird, American Prometheus