Piedras Blancas Quotes & Sayings

There had been no possibility that he had survived. His body had not tumbled into a foaming sea or into a clouded abyss from which he might later make an unexpected return through the good offices of kindly dolphins or giant eagles. Cabal had himself checked that all life was extinguished by searching for a pulse, looking for clouding on a mirror held to the corpse's mouth, and by kicking repeatedly. — Jonathan L. Howard

As he rounded the corner, he saw two dozen men, naked to the waist, digging a hole thirty yards square at the side of the path. For a moment he was baffled. It seemed to have no agricultural purpose; there was no more planting or ploughing to be done. Then he realized what it was. They were digging a mass grave. He thought of shouting an order to about turn or at least to avert their eyes, but they were almost on it, and some of them had already seen their burial place. The songs died on their lips and the air was reclaimed by the birds. — Sebastian Faulks

When I compare myself to the other fellows there is something stiff and awkward about me; I look as if I had been in prison for ten years. — Irving Stone

They [her eyes] were big and warm and full of light, like the sun shining on brown pools in the wood. — Willa Cather

I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. — Frederick Douglass

Fascinating," he said. "Such maneuverability! How does the wingspan compensate for the weight of the horse's body, I wonder?"
Blackjack cocked his head. Whaaaat? — Rick Riordan