Leo Daugherty

“Good. Then her saintliness is done with. We will slide together into our pit.”
― Arthur Miller, The Crucible

“Avery Dixon had one final thought, both clear and calm: I loved having friends.”
― Stephen King, The Institute

“You've already said you were going to kill me," Alex said, "but I didn't think that meant you were going to bore me to death.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank

“Two pages of the passive voice—just about any business document ever written, in other words, not to mention reams of bad fiction—make me want to scream. It’s weak, it’s circuitous, and it’s frequently tortuous, as well. How about this: My first kiss will always be recalled by me as how my romance with Shayna was begun. Oh, man—who farted, right? A simpler way to express this idea—sweeter and more forceful, as well—might be this: My romance with Shayna began with our first kiss. I’ll never forget it. I’m not in love with this because it uses with twice in four words, but at least we’re out of that awful passive voice.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft