Wilmer

“Boo'ful," she said, "life could be so diff'rent—"
"But it never is," I said.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“Gentlemen,’ the professor said gravely. ‘You must stop this madman. If you do not, you are looking at a doomsday scenario of apocalyptic proportions.”
― Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

“I want to question my belief, so that what is left after I have questioned it, will be even stronger.”
― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

“But this Scroll too has magical properties. From the moment I first saw it, the paper warmed to my touch. I know it came alive as I held it. Did you know there’s a serpent on the back? Some say it’s a dragon. It winked at me. Its lashes are gold.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder