“If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most Ill-adapted to its purpose… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“My life might have been so different, had I not been known as the girl whose grandmother exploded. And had I not… — Helen Grant Copy Share Image
“I am damned,' thinks Bunny Munro in a sudden moment of self-awareness reserved for those who are soon to die.” — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“Here we are, alone again. It's all so slow, so heavy, so sad. . . I'll be old soon. Then at last… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“Det var en underbar nat - en nat, som man vist kun ser den, når man er ung.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“On the heights above the river Xzan, at the site of certain ancient ruins, Iucounu the Laughing Magician had built a manse… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
“It was dusk - winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees.… — Joan Aiken Copy Share Image
“Late one evening towards the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barrelled shotgun, walked into the forest, put the gun… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
“She'd be lucky if she got out of this alive . . . and she'd never been lucky in her life.” — Dorian Paul Copy Share Image
“I died on a bitter cold night. Beneath a black sky and a bruised winter moon, I tried to fly, hoping my… — Jennifer Archer Copy Share Image
“That year the Ribeiro's daffodils seeded early and they seeded cockroaches. Now, ecologically speaking, even a cockroach has its place -- but… — Janet Kagan Copy Share Image
“As he dropped the last grisly fragment of the dismembered and mutilated body into the small vat of nitric acid that was… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
“It was 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“If a lioness spends her hours pacing back and forth in a cage of gold with the finest meats at her disposal,… — Kristen Reed Copy Share Image
“Some years ago there was in the city of York a society of magicians.” — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“Seated opposite me in the railway carriage, the elderly lady in the fox-fur shawl was recalling some of the murders that she… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“Grandfather recently died. He died alone on a trip away from home in a town where no one expected him to be” — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
“A mile below the lowest cloud, rock breaches water and the sea begins. It has been given many names. Each inlet and… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
“It's the opening line of a football game returned for a touchdown. Or fumbled. It's what orange juice is to breakfast, the… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
