Kristīne Līcis

“Jūs vairs neticat vecām pasakām, es arī ne. Bet kāpēc gan mēs visi viņas vēl šodien labprāt klausāmies? Tāpēc, ka tikpat labi mēs klausāmies rudens vēja šalkoņu aiz loga. Dzirdam tur dažādas balsis sačukstamies, sasaukājamies un tad pēkšņi sacērtamies niknā ķildas kņadā, un mums paliek tik labi, it kā tur nebijusi tikai kailu koku zaru čaloņa nakts melnumā un lietus slapji auri pažobeles tukšumā, bet vesela pasaule ar tūkstoš dzīvībām, kas visas mums pašiem tuvu rada.”
― Andrejs Upīts, Sūnu ciema zēni

“(i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
(ii) Never use a long word where a short one will do.
(iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
(iv) Never use the passive where you can use the active.
(v) Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
(vi) Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.”
― George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

“/../ no one can change the sound of an echo.”
― Allen Eskens

“A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!