Aaron

“There is no identifiable accent here unless you’ve cultivated a very careful ear. This is an easy place to live, milder in feel than Nebraska to the west, negligibly warmer in the winter than Minnesota to the north, of less imagined consequence to the world than Illinois to the east or Missouri to the south.”
― John Darnielle, Universal Harvester

“I want no part of this nonsense. This whole city is a butt that farts horror.”
― David Wong, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

“When I asked 'Have you ever had thoughts of suicide in your post-war life?' none of those I interviewed answered in the affirmative. On the contrary, the response of a survivor of Auschwitz, Jack Saltzman, echoed the sentiments of many: 'I wouldn't give the bastards the satisfaction.”
― Elizabeth Rosner, Survivor Café: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory

“There is always meaning. Or at least all things show a disturbing tendency to have meaning ascribed to them when intelligent creatures are present. It’s just that there’s no final Meaning, with a capital M. Though the illusion that there might be is comforting for a certain class of mind.”
― Iain M. Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata