Chris Quinn

“view of the brick wall next door. Once inside, Ronnie took it all in. Not that there was much to take in. A mattress in the middle of the floor, a portable TV, a stack of books—mostly mysteries, I’m embarrassed to say. Some gay porn magazines. Under his breath he said, “Thank God. I’ve arrived just in time.”
― Marshall Thornton, Year of the Rat

“The Mighty Nein are trying to locate you—” “The what?” he interrupted. “The Mighty Nein, that’s what they call themselves.” “Are there nine of them?” “N-No…” Lucien nodded stiffly. “Ridiculous name.”
― Madeleine Roux, Critical Role: The Mighty Nein—The Nine Eyes of Lucien

“Entwives I should really say.’ ‘Entwives?’ said Pippin. ‘Are they like you at all?’ ‘Yes, hm, well no: I do not really know now,’ said Treebeard thoughtfully. ‘But they would like your country, so I just wondered.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Then his gaze is landing on a wrinkled old man staring back at him in the mirror. That familiar stranger. That elderly alien who overtook his body but not his soul.”
― B. Dale, ROOSTER: A Journey of Twelve Inches