Gary Sundell

“Control yourself, she told herself forcibly. Become someone who can deal with this. She took a deep breath and let herself become someone else. An imitation of herself who was calm, even in a situation like this. It was a crude forgery, just a trick of the mind, but it worked.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Emperor's Soul

“What the mainstream politicos did not understand about Ronald Reagan was that he was running for a reason—not for money and not for fame (he already had both). He was running to change the country. Even more galling to the professional class that worked hard to polish the rough edges off their candidates for office, Reagan intended to be who he was.”
― Ted Cruz, A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America

“Be still while I get up or I'll make an opening in your head for brains to leak in.”
― Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest

“Under the table, Greebo sat and washed himself. Occasionally he burped.
Vampires have risen from the dead, the grave and the crypt, but never managed it from the cat.”
― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad