steven baker

“terrible”
― Jacob Abbott, Peter the Great

“George did not press Joe. He was scared enough himself. If he started to discuss the dangers he might talk himself out of going. He looked around the group. He was pleased to see John Lewis, a quietly impressive theology student who was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the most radical of the civil rights groups.”
― Ken Follett, Edge of Eternity

“first bars of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, New York 2140

“You know, seeing the world straight doesn’t make you smarter or better. It might just make you worse and more complacent about things.”
― Alex Rosenberg, The Girl from Krakow