Benjamin K.

“In the brief respite, James tore up part of the flooring and leaped down into an underground vault or drain. Unluckily for him, he had recently caused the egress from this chamber to be walled up because his tennis balls had sometimes been lost there.”
― Gordon Donaldson, Scottish Kings

“Still, while the Old Testament God of Genesis might well have used the sixth day of the week to create all the creatures that lived on dry land, in the contemporary epoch Fridays, surely, are more readily associated with winding down than embarking on bold new exercises in urban development.”
― Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today

“You know, those who are motivated by greed, lust for power, or wounded pride are half-way tolerable, at least they feel pangs of conscience sometimes. But there is nothing more fearsome than a bright-eyed enthusiast who had decided to benefit mankind; such a one can drown the world in blood without hesitation. Those guys’ favorite saying is: ‘There are things more important than peace and more terrible than war.”
― Kirill Yeskov, The Last Ringbearer

“It seemed that if it weren't for bad luck, the NHL would have no luck at all. And yet they persevered.”
― Bob Duff, The First Season: 1917-18 and the Birth of the NHL