Pål

“He loved the city most at night. The night hid many of the sorrows. It silenced the city yet brought deep undercurrents to the surface. It was in this dark slipstream that he believed he moved most freely. Behind the cover of shadows. Like a rider in a limousine, he looked out but no one looked in.
There was a random feel to the dark, the quirkiness of chance played out in the blue neon light. So many ways to live. And to die.”
― Michael Connelly, The Black Ice

“Every animal's perception of the world, constructed by its evolved sensory apparatus and nervous system to take best advantage of its environment, is subjective - there are no colors out there, as we perceive them, waiting for us. There is no sound - only waveforms. And perhaps the strangest fact of all: Outside our bodies, there is no pain. Pain is something we create.”
― Ray Nayler, The Mountain in the Sea

“A life without books is a life not lived.”
― Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

“What’s your perfect world?” he asked the horse. “Typical horse stuff. Plenty of grass. Endless fields to run free. The complete and utter collapse of what you consider civilization which is actually a codified system for abuse, cruelty, and domination.” Most of that sounded pretty good.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, A War to End All