Scott Avery

“Schools must take children to the theatre. This activity must be subsidised. Children should be able to join a youth theatre near where they live, and learn how to take part in every aspect of putting on a play. Places like that should be subsidised too. These things are not luxuries: they’re essential to our wellbeing.”
― Philip Pullman, Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling

“My premonition was not mistaken. When I got home, the cat came out to greet me. Just as I opened the front door, he let out a loud meow as if he had been waiting all day and came up to me, bent-tip tail held high. It was Noboru Wataya, missing now for almost a year. I set the bag of groceries down and scooped him up in my arms.”
― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

“Gray looked at him. “If I die, Wraysford, and you are still alive, I want you to take charge of the company.” “Me? Why not Harrington?” “Because you are a mad, cold-hearted devil and that is what we are going to need.”
― Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong

“Whenever I come to a new town, I like to get my bearings. I want to understand the layout of the streets and the layout of the people. In some cities this can take you days to accomplish. In Boston, it can take you weeks. In New York, years. The great thing about Morgen, Nebraska, is it only took a few minutes.”
― Amor Towles, The Lincoln Highway