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Voltaire
“‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
― Voltaire

Ross Macdonald
“There was nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure.”
― Ross Macdonald, The Drowning Pool

David Case
“... quite naturally, I am curious about behaviour which does not fit the natural patterns, which floats suspended at some unexplored level of the sentient sea and defies the tides and waves of society.”
― David Case, The Cell & Other Transmorphic Tales

Thomas Ligotti
“My grandfather felt at home with his lunatics.”
― Thomas Ligotti, Songs of a Dead Dreamer

David Baldacci
“Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”
― David Baldacci, The Camel Club

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