Mandatory Quote by Colson Whitehead

“His very presence created a need for more of him.”

— Chrissy Moon

“He was prepared, he thought, for any wonder. The only thing he had never expected was the utterly commonplace.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

“But what was it in himself he needed to look at so much that he'd invented this elaborate scenario?”

— Allan G. Hunter

“I wanted to be the standard he set for himself.”

— Fae Quin

“Something at the back of his mind whispered that this assignment would be like nothing he had encountered before.”

— Nicole Sager

“I must say that I thought there was some derangement of his mental organization.”

— Candice Millard

“His exaltation left no room for the human.”

— Sofia Samatar

“He had studied, and worked, and slaved, and eaten untold buckets of shit, to have this opportunity.”

— James Jones

“...there is nothing the wise man does reluctantly. He escapes necessity because he wills what necessity is going to force on him.”

— Seneca

“He took the last seat, as usual, a subtle reminder of what he was and what he had become.”

— Faraaz Kazi

“Among all the impossible things he had already witnessed, what were a few more?”

— Jeff VanderMeer

“He understood it then. The potential, the utter, unbelievable freedom to be whoever existed underneath his skin.”

— Aleksandr Voinov