Robin Ealdmoor

“I realized, the safety off on my plasma rifle, trying to walk lightly in the grinding weight of Sol Draconi Septem, the shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.”
― Dan Simmons, Endymion

“The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire’s bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise