Lankesterella Quotes & Sayings

Sisters are a trial," he said. "And it doesn't matter if they're Elder or humani. Sometimes I think they exist solely to upset and annoy their brothers. — Michael Scott

Ladies and gentleman," he said over the speakers, "welcome aboard this recently liberated Gulfstream V. If I could have your attention for just a few moments, I'd like to go over the safety features of this aircraft. It has an engine, to make us go, and wings, to keep us in the air. There are seatbelts, which won't do you an awful lot of good if we fly into the side of a mountain. — Derek Landy

For nature is not merely present , but is implanted within things, distant from none ... And while the outer face of things changeth so greatly, there flourisheth the origin of being more intimately within all things than they themselves. The fount of all kinds, Mind , God , Being, One, Truth , Destiny , Reason , Order . — Giordano Bruno

I never conceived of my biographies as merely telling the lives of famous men but rather as a means of illuminating their times and the great forces that shaped their times - particularly political power, since in a democracy political power has so great a role in shaping the lives of the citizens of that democracy. — Robert A. Caro

If there's one thing I've learned from being in the Selection, it's that some girls have a frightening killer instinct. Don't let the ball gowns fool you, she finished with a smile. — Kiera Cass

Why don't we go back out there and tell them what happened?
because nothing happened except that everybody has been driven insane and stupid by life. in this society there are only two things that count: don't be caught without money and don't get caught high on any kind of high.
(Night Streets of Madness) — Charles Bukowski

I'm certainly eclectic in my writing. — Jess Walter

For a sampler, you could try my short story collection "Wireless". Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles. — Charles Stross

They named me Kristin after some whale scientist in Australia, worked on the original translation team. — Richard K. Morgan

I'm very interested in structure, how multiple stories are assembled in different ways; that is what memory does as well. — Nicole Krauss

There's that 15 quid we put on One Direction to win down the drain. — Alex Turner