Astrid Halder

“A man who grows that much hair,' critics were fond of saying, 'must have a lot to hide.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, 2061: Odyssey Three

“If a shred of integrity fell into your soul, it would die a very lonely death.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Song of the Quarkbeast

“After the Guam conference ended, it was reported that Pope Gregory ceased to pray for peace in the world. Two special Masses were sung in the basilica: the Exsurge quare obdormis, Mass against the Heathen, and the Reminiscere, Mass in Time of War; then, the report says His Holiness retired to the mountains to meditate and pray for justice.”
― Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz

“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master