Simon Hedge

“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”
― W.G. Sebald, Vertigo

“the whole purpose of civilization is to take the surprises out of life, so one can be bored to death”
― Murray Leinster, The Pirates of Ersatz

“Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers in kemmer,
like hands joined together,
like the end and the way.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

“If you love books enough, books will love you back.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others