Chris Quinn

“Inside the temple, Richard found a life waiting for him, all ready to be worn and lived, and inside that life, another. Each life he tried on, he slipped into, and it pulled him further in, further away from the world he came from; one by one, existence following existence, rivers of dreams and fields of stars, a hawk with a sparrow clutched in its talons flies low above the grass, and here are tiny intricate people waiting for him to fill their heads with life, and thousands of years pass and he is engaged in strange work of great importance and sharp beauty, and he is loved, and he is honoured, and then a pull, a sharp tug and it’s…”
― Michael Moorcock, Elric of Melniboné

“But I know better: magic is not in the brain, miss; it is in the bones.”
― Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven

“Silence. “I think this should be … it.” “Just like that, huh?” “It isn’t ‘just like that’ and you know it. It’s been coming on for a long time.”
― Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City

“Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean.”
― Neil Gaiman