Rachel

“the mansion stands as a silent testament to the Vanderbilt women's ongoing quest to outspend, outdecorate, and generally outdo not only each other and the rest of New York society, but also European royalty.”
― Rysa Walker, Improbable: The Outlandish Adventures of Miriam Cole - Season One

“It took time for light to reach the Eye from distant galaxies. The further out the Eye looked, the further it looked back into the history of the universe. Galaxies ten million light years away were glimpsed as they were ten million years earlier; those a billion light years away offered a window into the universe when it was a billion years younger than the present epoch.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Thousandth Night

“over the barrier and through the grass into fucking hell I go one lane silver car two lanes horns horns horns three lanes SEMI WHAT’S A FUCKING SEMI DOING ON THE FDR IT’S TOO TALL YOU STUPID UPSTATE HICK screaming four lanes GREEN TAXI screaming Smart Car hahaha cute five lanes moving truck six lanes and the blue Lexus actually brushes up against my clothes as it blares past screaming screaming screaming”
― N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became

“he limbered up, swung the guns up and down, side to side. The chair followed with them, giving him an exhilarating ride that was probably the real reason he liked the weapon so much.”
― L. Neil Smith, Star Wars: The Adventures of Lando Calrissian