Clarkesworld Quotes & Sayings

She expected the descent of his mouth, but never would have anticipated the gentleness of the kiss. Her lips parted as his explored hers. His fingertips lifted to her cheek in an undemanding, but undeniably possessive caress. She nearly allowed her eyes to fall closed. She almost yielded against the heat and pressure and the slow stir of his mouth. Instead she dug her nails sharply into the flesh of her palms. She fastened her eyes on to his, permitting the kiss, but never surrendering. — Jeannie Lin

While few human challenges are greater than that of being good parents, few opportunities offer greater potential for joy. Surely, no more important work is to be done in this world than preparing our children to be God-fearing, happy, honorable, and productive. — James E. Faust

I adore cock and champagne together. My favourite food group. — D.J. Manly

The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb. — Knute Rockne

Prayer is the act by which man, detaching himself from the embarrassments of sense and nature, ascends to the true level of his destiny. — Henry Parry Liddon

What about the world do you most love?
The fact that I'm not here by myself.
-from interview by Jeff Vandermeer in Clarkesworld magazine — Margo Lanagan

My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business. — Frederick W. Smith

Every unjust man is unjust against his will. — Plato

The glory of age is a gorgeous soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita