Isaac

“It must be wonderful, I thought, to be, not exactly rich, but to have enough so you didn’t have to worry when there was some little thing you wanted, not to have to wonder if it would be all right if you spent the money for it. To be able to live in a house like this, to line the walls with books and have rich draperies and to have more than just one bottle of booze and a place to keep it other than a kitchen shelf.”
― Clifford D. Simak, All Flesh Is Grass

“The body heals quickly, an efficient machine, but the heart is worthless at such things. It burns long after the hurt has worn away.”
― Shea Ernshaw, A History of Wild Places

“Great passions grow into monsters in the dark of the mind; but if you share them with loving friends they remain human, they can be endured.”
― Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

“Sometimes, the most effective form of interrogation is to say nothing.”
― Wilbur Smith, Courtney's War