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“The water far below was black in the shadow of the ship. A plank creaked. She froze. No noisy jump. It would have to be a dive. Head down into darkness. She’d never dived at night.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“Bring me Mother Julian’s Scroll within two weeks, or I’ll get that guttersnipe Leni prosecuted for attempted murder. She won’t survive long in prison.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“Sally wiped the blood from Anderson’s mouth with her sleeve. She spoke to him, but also loud enough for all to hear. ‘Go find your son, Mr Anderson. This is our war now.”
― Barry Kirwan, When the children come

“...great and sustained destruction requires great ambition. It must be conceived as the means toward achieving a new order, and although the idea behind that new order may be criminal and objectively very stupid, it must also be compellingly simple and at the same time absolute. The ideology of genocide is all of those things.”
― Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

“I remain thankful to God for all his mercies.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“By our daylight standard he walked out of security into darkness, danger, and death.
But did he see like that?”
― H.G. Wells, The Door in the Wall

“أن لم تكن صلبا من الداخل، فسيتحكم بك العالم من حولك.”
― Robert T. Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, Poor Dad

“Mama said if you can’t name two actual real people, then you’re just being prejudiced. So name two peasants who hate us.”
― Mary Doria Russell, A Thread of Grace