Marina Pavlichenko

“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

“You know, I grew up down here, and my mama always took me to church when I was a kid. But the church folk you got down here now - especially the white church folk - they scare the bejesus out of me."
"Why is that?"
"Because they're all nuts, Harry. Every damned one of them.”
― William Heffernan, The Dead Detective

“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

“There are two things I hate above all else: trying on bathing suits and job hunting.”
― Jennifer Craig, Gone to Pot