Goatllama

“I wanted to reach over and touch the place where he was tattooed, to see if he was still alive. He's layin' awful quiet, I told myself, I ought to touch him to see he's still alive... that's a lie. I know he's still alive. That ain't the reason I want to touch him. I want to touch him because he's a man. That's a lie too. There's other men around. I could touch them. I want to touch him because I'm one of these queers! But that's a lie too. That's one fear hiding behind another. If I was one of these queers I'd want to do other things with him. I just want to touch him because he's who he is.”
― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

“It walks in the desert and dreams of a lake of blood.”
― Gene Wolfe, The Wizard

“Fantasy existed before [literary fiction], and if you deny those roots, you’re pruning yourself so closely that you can’t help but wither and die.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“Some children, you see, don't need wars or famines or plagues to convince them that vegetables have the right idea about life. Some children are convinced from the start.”
― Stepan Chapman, The Troika