Peter Swanson

“influenza means, she said. Influenza delle stelle—the influence of the stars. Medieval Italians thought the illness proved that the heavens were governing their fates, that people were quite literally star-crossed.”
― Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars

“I'm so horny the crack of dawn isn't safe.”
― John Sandford, Bad Blood

“Ever since I was old enough to question my own instincts, my mother has given me the same piece of advice: “Flip a coin, Eleanor. If the answer you get disappoints you, do the opposite.” We already know the right answer, even when we don’t—or we think we don’t. But what if it’s a trick coin? What if both sides are the same? If both are right, then both are wrong.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace

“There are some swims you do regret, Eleanor. The problem is, you never know until you take them.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace