“There's always a reason for wanting to get out of life—the wonder is that we find so many for staying in!”
― Tales of Men and Ghosts
― Tales of Men and Ghosts
“minnows who go to a whale to learn how to grow bigger are likely to be swallowed in the process.”
― Tales of Men and Ghosts
― Tales of Men and Ghosts
“The Morgors, like death, were without art.”
― John Carter of Mars
― John Carter of Mars
“He had to the full the courage of his lack of convictions.”
― Tales of Men and Ghosts
― Tales of Men and Ghosts
“I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, he say, the more I love.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
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