Chris Berko

“they passed through the wide-open gates into the city whose parents had hired a prostitute as a babysitter and never come home. The”
― Nicholas Eames, Kings of the Wyld

“I think you’re a fairy tale. I think you’re magical, and brave, and exquisite. And . . .” His voice grew bashful. Only in a dream could he be so bold and speak such words. “I hope you’ll let me be in your story.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

“Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me.”
― Elif Shafak

“Narnok rolled his shoulders and tilted his head left, then right, with terrifying cracks of released tension. The two men at his feet were groaning at different pitches, and Narnok stepped over them, testing the weight of the bar and muttering, “Not as good as the axe, but it’ll do.” He looked up. And grinned. “What’s it to be, then? Two at a time or all six at once?”
― Andy Remic, The Iron Wolves