Nelson Coar

“there would be no way for anyone to get caught in the act of wondering,”
― Lois Lowry, Son

“Have no doubt it is fear in the land. For what can men do when so many have grown lawless? Who can enjoy the lovely land, who can enjoy the seventy years, and the sun that pours down on the earth, when there is fear in the heart? Who can walk quietly in the shadow of the jacarandas, when their beauty is grown to danger? Who can lie peacefully abed, while the darkness holds some secret? What lovers can lie sweetly under the stars, when menace grows with the measure of their seclusion?”
― Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country

“But as I peeked at my brother's inert body....I was aware only of what a strange thing it was to be male. Society discriminated against women, no question. But what about the discrimination of being sent war? Which sex was really thought to be expendable.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

“Getting down a steep face can often be more difficult than getting up it.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One