Stephen Sipila

“Fine,” I said. “So our girl, the hero of our story—” “Heroine,” he said. “No, I haven’t got any,” I said.”
― Stephen Kozeniewski, Braineater Jones

“I'm getting a medal for falling into a pressure hatch, sacrificing an arm and a leg to keep seven sailors from being trapped in a compromised part of the ship. I was unconscious at the time, but that doesn't seem to matter. Heroism is a label most people get for doing shit they'd never do if they were really thinking about it.”
― James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate

“My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see.”
― Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim

“They were the most depressing group of people Yossarian had ever been with. They were always in high spirits.”
― Joseph Heller