Blake Delmonico

“It wasn’t like I made his world better. It was like I was his world. It wasn’t some explosion; it wasn’t fireworks. It was a fire, burning slowly from the inside out.”
― Kiera Cass, The Elite

“From religion to fairy tales, knowledge of the future is consequential. Predictions affect behavior. They influence decisions.”
― Ajay Agrawal, The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda

“What was her fearsome secret?” I told her what Dorothy had told me. “It sounds like a lot of hooey.” “Why?” “Why not? Everything else we’ve got from them has been hooey.”
― Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man

“She adjusted her body weight and caught his eyes, her gaze shiny and with a tinge of sadness. “My grandmother told me once that the world is filled with ghosts. The longer we live the more ghosts will haunt us.” She paused glancing at her palms. “But they’re here to remind us we are alive. That our hearts beat, blood runs through our veins, we breath air into our lungs.”
― Simon W. Clark, The Russian Ink