Grace

“This century, whether it be wonderful or horrible, was going to belong to the women.”
― David Dyer, The Midnight Watch

“Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.”
― Lauren Bacall, By Myself and Then Some

“Nobody yelled or ran out of the door. Nobody blew a police whistle. Everything was quiet and sunny and calm. No cause for excitement whatever. It's only Marlowe, finding another body. He does it rather well by now. Murder-a-day Marlowe, they call him. They have the meat wagon following him around to follow up on the business he finds.

A nice enough fellow, in an ingenuous sort of way.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Lady in the Lake

“Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn