Malika Skrip

“He reminds me a bit of myself – I had to learn quickly when I was young.”
― J.L. Marrain, The Gridd: Perils of the Lightholder

“In culture, cancer cells can go on dividing indefinitely, if they have a continual supply of nutrients, and thus are said to be “immortal.” A striking example is a cell line that has been reproducing in culture since 1951. (Cells of this line are called HeLa cells because their original source was a tumor removed from a woman named Henrietta Lacks.)”
― Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

“The music stops as they walk out of the forest toward the smooth extra-terrestrial spacecraft glistening in the sun on the far side of the meadow. To Atom, the ship feels like a time machine. Steven and Sylvia watch them with deadpan stares as the three astronauts walk with the spectacle of eclectic, colorful characters on feathered horseback following. A breeze picks up and Atom glances back to see stoic faces with vibrant robes and dresses flowing in the wind.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

“Their renewed sense of hope had fired up their fatigued muscles like a burst of steam powering a locomotive.”
― Rich DiSilvio, A Blazing Gilded Age