Alex Patterson

“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
― William Gibson, Neuromancer

“Four days ago: he'd stood on the front porch of his home in the deep blue hollow of early morning, watching the waters of the Gulf roll onto the beach. It was his favorite time of day: that sweet, lonesome hinge between darkness and daylight, when he could pretend he was alone in the world and free to take it on his own terms.”
― Nathan Ballingrud, North American Lake Monsters

“The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

“Thinking is my fighting.”
― Virginia Woolf, Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid