Newton Wasicek

“The alcohol and attention bewitched her. Within half an hour, she was so charmed and spirited that she’d begun to tell stories from her childhood: how her older brother Bill had run away to join the navy and sent her a pet monkey from Madagascar, which had arrived precisely on her birthday, except dead. How a rooster had had it in for her and chased her all the way down to the Preston bridge on her way to fourth grade. (Her father later paid the owner seventy-five cents for the pleasure of wringing its neck. They had it for Sunday dinner and it was tough as shoe leather.)”
― Wally Lamb, She's Come Undone

“கதை இங்கு எந்த விளைவையும் ஏற்படுத்தவில்லை. அந்தக் கதையில் இருந்து நாங்கள் கற்றுக் கொண்ட பாடங்களின் அடிப்படையில் நாங்கள் மேற்கொண்ட வித்தியாசமான நடவடிக்கைகள்தான் அதற்குக் காரணம்,”
― Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese? (Tamil)

“The girl flinched, even lying down. Mary continued through gritted teeth. “Murder can’t be walked away from. Just like you can’t walk away from Viktor. He’ll find you if you run. Richard can’t protect you if Viktor believes you have his babies.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

“One of my best friends in Johannesburg took great pleasure in arguing that crossing the Congo today would be more dangerous than when Stanley did it in the 1870s. ‘At least the natives back then didn’t have Kalashnikovs,’ he smirked.”
― Tim Butcher, Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart