Patrick Tekula

“Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.”
― Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger and Other Curious Tales

“You see, unlike in the movies, there is no THE END sign flashing at the end of books. When I've read a book, I don't feel like I've finished anything. So I start a new one.”
― Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul

“Cigarettes are food for the soul”
― Marjane Satrapi, Chicken with Plums

“If she wanted to enter an otherworld, all she had to do was open a novel.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Story Sisters