Casi Rey

“We won’t ruin Mars,” said the captain. “It’s too big and too good.” “You think not? We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn’t set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles

“Greatness depends on where you are coming from.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

“Spontaneity is the mother of crudity.”
― Adolfo Bioy Casares, The Invention of Morel

“She wanted to get at the hate of them all, to pry at it and work at it until she found a little chink, and then pull out a pebble or a stone or a brick and then a part of the wall, and, once started, the whole edifice might roar down and be done away with.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man