Bryan Hall

“Thinking might be fun at first, but then you got hooked on it. People were even encouraged to do it in school, and in many popular pastimes. In the end, though, it made you miserable.”
― Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, The Rabbit Back Literature Society

“You don't read books." She'd meant it as an accusation, as the worst sort of insult. She said it maliciously.”
― Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, The Rabbit Back Literature Society

“I like bars just after they open for the evening. When the air inside is still cool and clean and everything is shiny and the barkeep is giving himself that last look in the mirror to see if his tie is straight and his hair is smooth. I like the neat bottles on the bar back and the lovely shining glasses and the anticipation. I like to watch the man mix the first one of the evening and put it down on a crisp mat and put the little folded napkin beside it. I like to taste it slowly. The first quiet drink of the evening in a quiet bar—that’s wonderful.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

“Hungry people should be fed. It takes some people a long time to figure this out.”
― Lemony Snicket, Shouldn't You Be in School?