William

“Soldier don't act like we is crime and them is order, soldier act like we is enemy and this is war.”
― Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings

“Ah, background checks,' I say. 'The foundation of every beautiful romance.”
― Tana French, The Trespasser

“Today no respectable public figure in the United States, Britain, or Western Europe can casually insult women or sling invidious stereotypes of other races or ethnic groups.”
― Steven Pinker, The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

“Maybe it hadn't entered my head at all. Maybe it had just brushed past me, like someone easing by in a dark room, the face lost in shadow, my thoughts lost in another conversation, though something in her movement or perfume is disturbingly familiar, though how familiar is impossible to tell because by the time I realize she's someone I should know she's already gone, deep into the din, beyond the bar, taking with her any chance of recognition. Though she hasn't left. She's still there. Embracing shadows.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves