“This reality is so fixed & it can’t always / be a matter of escaping to other realms, right.” – Alina Pleskova, “Blood Moon”

“The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—” – Douglas Adams, ‘The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe’

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.” – Ursula K. Le Guin

“Let the emptiness our war heroes carry be the metaphor for a while.” – Ross Gay, “The High-Five From Strangers, Etc.”

“She knew better than to envision any further: the future was a room with a warp on the floor.” – Tiffany Morris, “Night in the Chrysalis”

“And this is not a science lesson anymore / Forget the last diagram / These are survival tactics” – Kenny Bradley, “Cells are products of their environments too”

“This reality is so fixed & it can’t always / be a matter of escaping to other realms, right.” – Alina Pleskova, “Blood Moon”

“I can’t remember the words of things. The words for words. I have lost my words. What’s this from? Is is the Internet?” – Aimee Bender, “Wordkeepers”

“Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me…” – Jorge Luis Borges

“The Alicia was so much smaller than most of the other buildings around her, and so much more interesting. She was special.” – Juan Martinez, ‘Extended Stay’