Sweet Cheeks

“Nothing in this scene will be changed by my death, Nicole thought. There will just be one less pair of eyes to observe its splendor. And one less collection of chemicals risen to consciousness to wonder what it all means.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Rama Revealed

“This island refuge that has sustained her now proves to be no refuge after all, for these days, the world is ruled by arrogant narcissists who have exchanged their souls for the promise of power, and in spite of all their talk about justice and the betterment of “the people,” they care naught for any but themselves. In their high hubris, they are masters of destruction and press their many kinds of ruination into every crack and crevice, so that even the most remote sanctuary will in time receive the consequences of their insanity.”
― Dean Koontz, The House at the End of the World

“No pain no gain is for idiots, masochists and sadists.”
― The Rogue Hypnotist, How to Hypnotise Anyone - Confessions of a Rogue Hypnotist

“In my life I have found two things of priceless worth: learning and loving. Nothing else—not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake—can possibly have the same lasting value.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Rama Revealed