Lynn

“As Aristocleia raised her cup to toast Xanthippus, her gown slipped from her shoulders, exquisite as Aphrodite’s, and flowed like the water that slid over her naked breasts when she allowed him to watch her bathe. It was wonderful to possess a gem of a woman. It made a man feel beautiful and godlike himself, briefly.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“It had happened. Thucydides, his archrival, was a general. Glaucon, from his own tribe, was a general. And Pericles was no longer a general. He was just a citizen with one vote. And an idea”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“Eso es lo que me encanta de la literatura; en un libro encuentras un detalle diminuto que te interesa y ese detalle te lleva a otro libro y algo en ese te lleva a un tercer libro. Es matemáticamente progresivo, sin final a la vista y sin ninguna otra razón que no sea por puro placer.”
― Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

“You're not a Quaker, Jeremy. I happen to know you put beer on your cornflakes.”
― Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations