Ana

“When all else failed, she tried being reasonable.”
― Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb

“The secret is not to dream," she whispered. "The secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I'm going. You cannot fool me any more. Or touch me. Or anything that is mine.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

“We walked for some time, and grew to know each other, as best as we'd allow. These are some of the high points. They lack continuity. I don't apologize. I merely pointed it out, adding with some truth, I feel, that most liaisons lack continuity. We find ourselves in odd places at various times, and for a brief span we link our lives to others and then, our time elapsed, we move apart. Through a haze of pain occasionally, usually through a veil of memory that clings, then passes, sometimes as though we have never touched.”
― Harlan Ellison

“Now, it's a fact well known to those who know it well that prophets of doom only attain popularity when they get the drinks in all around.”
― Robert Rankin, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse