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Flynn, Sabrina: A Thread In the Tangle – page 1

TIME IS FICKLE, ever changing and flowing, ebbing like the sea.  A vast ocean of moments brushing against the next, rippling beneath waters both turgid and calm.  It slips between our fingers when we...

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Mortality Bridge quote, page 92

The stone wall crowded with huddled figures beautifully rendered in marble agony, damned souls locked in stone who huddle and teem and yearn toward the unfelt space denied them, groping from their...

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Williams, Liz: Snake Agent – quote from page 199

Before Inari could protest, he slid his arms around her waist and lifted her up towards the ceiling. She grasped the edge of the opening and hoisted herself through, feeling uncomfortably exposed in...

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Hurtado, Aída: The Color of Privilege: Three Blasphemies on Race and...

Trick Number 6: The Pendejo Game When you, the outsider, come close to subverting my power through the sheer strength of your moral arguments or through organized mass protest, I will give you an...

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Watt-Evans, L & Friesner, E: Split Heirs page 353

“Princess,” Bernice corrected. “Nope. Not gonna do it. Once a princess has been rescued from the place of sacrifice by a sword-carrying hero willing to fight the dragon, she’s off-limits.” She turned...

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Jemisin, N.K.: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (location 2317)

“It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defense, their physical strength bent toward the single and most important task of protecting our...

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McGuire, Seanan: Indexing page 1

“My day began with half a dozen bluebirds beating themselves to death against my window, leaving little bloody commas on the glass to mark their passing.” (Picture by Lifllane)Filed under: Animals,...

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The Light Fantastic page 225 (omnibus)

“In the beginning was the word,” said a dry voice right behind him. “It was the Egg,” corrected another voice. “I distinctly remember. The Great Egg of the Universe. Slightly rubbery.” “You’re both...

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McDermott, J.M.: We Leave Together – page 44

“She felt into the Unity for all the energy hidden in the air, where people live and love and the threads of life swell into one pattern. In every room – every single room – her breaking heart was not...

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Lewis, Gareth: Street of Lost Gods (Loc 148)

It’s not like you’ll find any gods of wisdom or thinking here. Not that there are many gods of thinking. It’s counter-intuitive. Plenty of gods of making noise and hitting things, but there’s plenty of...

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Jackson, Ros: Melody of Demons – Quote

“You chose Moreus over me,” she said. “Over all of us. You know what, the more I think about it, the easier it is to understand. That’s not so hard to forgive, after all.” “It isn’t?” Gauce said,...

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MacShane, Gifford: The Hedgerow Schools of Ireland (2015)

So on a sunny summer afternoon, it was not unusual to see a priest walking up and down on the edge of a field for an hour or so, his hands waving, his mouth working, extolling the tenets of Catholicism...

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MacLeod, Ken: Engine City (The Engines of Light III) (2003)

Identifying a ruling class and state posed no such problem. The upper and usually senior ranks of the various corporate bodies, patricians and patriarchs or the merchant houses, administrators of...

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Tolkien, J.R.R. (1968)

If you really come down to any large story that interests people, or holds their attention for a considerable time, the stories are practically always are human stories, and the stories are practically...

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Gilman, Laura Anne: Hard Magic (Paranormal Scene Investigations I) (2010)

Sharon looked at him as thought he’s just suggested she take up pole dancing. “You think the five of us, here in an unmarked office, with no reason to be here except a mysterious phone message, and a...

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Bunn, Christopher: The Christmas Caper: A story of Merriment, Mayhem and...

“Hey,” I said. “Don’t I get a backpack?” “No, boss,” said Snix. “You get something better. You’re the commander of this operation, so you, uh …” He looked around and then picked up something from under...

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The Awakening of Ren Crown by Anne Zoelle

“A weird wave of electricity surged through my fingers where they touched him. I snatched my hand back, staring at the digits. The charged feeling dissipated within me, but increased in the air around...

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