Trike

“Am I really the only person concerned about the severed head situation in this city?" said Stephen. "Really?”
― T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Grace

“I’d always said that if and when the aliens actually landed, it would be a letdown. I mean, after War of the Worlds, Close Encounters, and E.T., there was no way they could live up to the image in the public’s mind, good or bad. I’d also said that they would look nothing like the aliens of the movies, and that they would not have come to A) kill us, B) take over our planet and enslave us, C) save us from ourselves à la The Day the Earth Stood Still, or D) have sex with Earthwomen. I mean, I realize it’s hard to find someone nice, but would aliens really come thousands of light-years just to get a date? Plus, it seemed just as likely they’d be attracted to warthogs. Or yucca. Or air-conditioning units.”
― Connie Willis, All Seated on the Ground

“History is simple, but the past is complicated. I, for one, embrace the complications.”
― Victor LaValle, Lone Women

“Villains were never morning people. They had to stay sharp for midnight plotting.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil