Mathew

“So this is old age! I’ve seen half my friends die.
I say prayers at their passing, too tired to cry.”
― Saladin Ahmed, Throne of the Crescent Moon (Crescent Moon Kingdoms) by Saladin Ahmed

“Any work of art is half of a conversation between two human beings, and it helps a lot to know who is talking at you.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Timequake

“5: So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire!”
― James

“I always had trouble ending short stories in ways that would satisfy a general public. In real life, as during a rerun following a timequake, people don't change, don't learn anything from
their mistakes, and don't apologize. In a short story they have to do at least two out of three of those things, or you might as well throw it away in the lidless wire trash receptacle chained and padlocked to the fire hydrant in front of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Timequake