Shpriken

“But the main reason, I believe, or at least the most important reason people still read, is because books are the only opportunity we ever get to experience true empathy with another human being. To see the world through their eyes. To walk in their shoes.”
― Liam Brown, Broadcast

“In Paris you had to be ready to fight art and the Hellish—not to mention Nazis—so they labored under weapons for all eventualities.”
― China Miéville, The Last Days of New Paris

“He never makes notes, he just remembers it all, like a barmaid.”
― K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City

“(men are by nature very brave, except when it comes to opening doors to strangers)”
― K.J. Parker, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City