Elisha Sojda

“The captain looked defensive. "You regard our customs as primitive?"

Every society to its own tastes, captain. The wisdom of one society would be folly for another. Who is qualified to judge? Only the universe, which passes the judgment of survival on all peoples.”
― Walter M. Miller Jr., Dark Benediction

“Would that I had more ability! But my heart is so full, and my pen is so weak!”
― Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

“Why is failure the first thing I think of when I find myself in this sort of situation? Why can't I just enjoy myself? But if you have to ask the question, then you know you're lost: self-consciousness is a man's worst enemy. Already I'm wondering whether she's as aware of my erection as I am...”
― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

“I wished I had been able to make her look that way, but it is the destiny of a lover to watch unhappiness hardening like a cast around his mistress.”
― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair