mayhem!

“Make no mistake about it, Clot: I'm a real writer. I don't have the least intention of being happy, naturally.”
― Rafael Reig, Blood on the Saddle

“Jane leaned back against the counter and stared at the ceiling. At the traditional location of God, no matter what the planet.”
― C.J. Cherryh, The Betrayal

“At Tom's back, receding from view, lay State Street's Victorian brick facades, where lobbyists and trade associations housed their offices, like a Mount Everest base camp for professional influence peddlers.”
― Joan Quigley, The Day the Earth Caved In: An American Mining Tragedy