Mark Hall Speights

“Once the questions snuck in, whatever had been certain became uncertain. Questions opened the way for doubt.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance

“Find a quiet space where you can be alone and focus on the dive ahead. Slow your heartbeat, establish a deep breathing rhythm, close your eyes or gaze out on to the ocean. Get yourself into a nice peaceful zone. Put away any thoughts circling around your mind concerning other aspects of your life, particularly areas where there is something negative going on. You are going diving; there is nothing you can do about anything that is happening in your surface existence while you are underwater.”
― Simon Pridmore, Scuba Confidential - An Insider's Guide to Becoming a Better Diver

“A theory was forming in his head, like a musical composition he could hum from vague memories but not quite yet name or play.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Authority

“The artist, like the idiot or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him over it.”
― Joe Glickman, Fearless: One Woman, One Kayak, One Continent