Nathanial Pechart

“Noriko's right leg dangled from her chair, blood gushing from the wound, staining her white sock and sneaker in bright red, like she had put on one of Santa's boots.”
― Koushun Takami, Battle Royale

“No one knows for sure whether that precedes or follows the Rapture; a case can be made either way. One thing is apparent: Russia’s attack”
― Tim LaHaye, Are We Living in the End Times?: Curretn Events Foretold in Scripture... and What They Mean

“I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi. For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.”
― Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country

“It took some time to make clear to those three sweet-faced women the process which robs the cow of her calf, and the calf of its true food; and the talk led us to further discussion of the meat business. They heard it out. looking very white, and presently begged to be excused.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland