Connie Hirsch

“He hadn’t been aware he’d felt wrong until he suddenly felt right again.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“Miller was staring at him like an entomologist trying to figure out exactly where the pin went.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“Pain can stay the same while you change around it. And, like a thumb of constant size, what it blocks out depends on how close it gets to you. At arm’s length a thumb obscures a small fragment of the day. Held close enough to your eye it can blind you to everything that matters, relegating the world to a periphery.”
― Mark Lawrence, One Word Kill

“Fear is a strange thing. Along with its close friend, pain, fear is a vital part of the kit that evolution has furnished us with for keeping alive. Part of its effectiveness comes down to how hard it can be to overcome.”
― Mark Lawrence, One Word Kill