Amanda Apple

“What would you have done, reader, who has been able to follow me like the Magician followed me, invisible and ever-watchful and without consequences?”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Borne

“We are not quite novels. ... We are not quite short stories. ... In the end, we are collected works.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“But...is that all there was? Is that all I get?

Yes, I'm afraid so.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes

“I'm riding with them because I am a servile golem. Because I'm a wisp of oakum blown by the wind along the highway. Tell me, where should I go? And for what? At least here some people have gathered with whom I have something to talk about. People who don't break off their conversations when I approach. People who, though they may not like me, say it to my face, and don't throw stones from behind a fence.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Miecz przeznaczenia