Stardust

“When you listen to a piece of classical music, it is often amusing to try and guess what inspired the composer to write those particular notes. Sometimes a composer will be inspired by nature and will write a symphony imitating the sounds of birds and trees. Other times a composer will be inspired by the city and will write a concerto imitating the sounds of traffic and sidewalks. In the case of this sonata, Nero had apparently been inspired by somebody beating up a cat, because the music was loud and screechy and made it quite easy to talk during the performance.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy

“This was the image of life revealed to young Hans Castorp as he lay there preserving his body warmth in furs and woolens, looking down on the valley glistening in the frosty night, bright beneath the luster of a dead star.”
― Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

“I wouldn’t expect you to believe the world I’m about to describe”
― Max Brooks, Minecraft: The Island

“For what is the Heart”
― Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan