Marina Pavlichenko

“To pause one’s life for another was a profound gesture of caring. What greater gift can one give another person but time?”
― G.L. Carriger, The 5th Gender

“The power of the spoken word is the ultimate power, for it can fend off war, preserve the peace, make friends out of enemies, and lovers out of strangers.”
― S.J. Schwaidelson, Lingua Galactica

“A parent must do two things: teach the child a way to earn a living, and to swim.”
― S.J. Schwaidelson, Lingua Galactica

“He is notoriously difficult to understand both because of his strong accent and dialect, and because he has no teeth. Today he told me about a woman whose garden he works in once a week. According to Jock, she is not a very good driver because of her poor vision. "She got carrots in her eyes.”
― Shaun Bythell