Gloria

“A wise man will always allow a fool to rob him of ideas without yelling “Thief.”
If he is wise he has not been impoverished.
Nor has the fool been enriched.
The thief flatters us by stealing.
We flatter him by complaining.”
― Ben Hecht, A Child of the Century

“Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a race of cannibal ducks?"

"They ate it too," Will reminisced. "Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Quanti anni era trascorsi dalla sua prima messa su quella stessa tavola posata su due casse? Cinque sei, sette? Come tenere il conto del tempo in un universo senza passato né futuro? In un mondo in cui la vita di tanti uomini è racchiusa nell'attimo di sopravvivenza presente.”
― Dominique Lapierre, The City of Joy

“To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl