Book Eater

“Over and again, you allow the hard logic of the market to usurp human choice and so you create a society with the morality of an anthill, where all human life is reduced to labour, all freedom flattened by the demand for efficient production, all weakness punished, all violence justified, where schools and hospitals are cut while crime and alienation flourish and millions are thrown into the deep pit of unemployment.”
― Nick Davies, Hack Attack: The Inside Story of How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch

“He turned a half pace on the sand. A semicircle of little boys, their bodies streaked with coloured clay, sharp sticks in their hands, were standing on the beach, making no noise at all.

"Fun and games," said the officer.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“It was hard to let go of rage these days. It kept the body warm when hope had become elusive.”
― Julie E. Czerneda, Beholder's Eye

“After six weeks training in England, Father was sent to France. Later, Father said that when he got his rifle, he had felt like two men. Like being on a horse.”
― William Woodruff, The Road to Nab End : A Lancashire Childhood