Merrymaw

“Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck You," said the Raven.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“I apologize if my limbic system has misinterpreted your gesture of emotional support.”
― Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

“Our gaze changes all that it falls upon. ”
― Elizabeth Hand, Generation Loss

“They were nothing more than people, by themselves. Even paired, any pairing, they would have been nothing more than people by themselves. But all together, they have become the heart and muscles and mind of something perilous and new, something strange and growing and great.
Together, all together, they are the instruments of change.”
― Keri Hulme, The Bone People