Elijah

“The great and terrible thing about humankind is simply this: we will always do what we are capable of.”
― Ray Nayler, The Mountain in the Sea

“And blood-black nothingness began to spin. A system of cells interlinked, within cells interlinked, within cells interlinked within one stem. And dreadfully distinct against the dark, a tall white fountain played.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

“A bit of laughter can be the bridge that lets you cross out of a bad time, believe you me.”
― John Langan, The Fisherman

“His nervousness smeared the memory the way intoxication would,”
― Ray Nayler, The Mountain in the Sea