Quote by Ernest Hemingway

“It doesn't matter if what happens next spoils everything; the anticipation itself is always pure.”

— Angela Carter

“Perhaps it would have been better if he had killed me; my life is spoilt.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“He had been enjoying his explanation, and now she had spoiled things by knowing too much.”

— Frances Hardinge

“But though it was the most resonant and real-seeming thing that had happened in a long time, I didn't want to spoil it by…

— Donna Tartt

“not to spoil the moment. It had been a big mistake because the next thing he knew they had a fight, and she was…

— J.C. Reed

“I felt good that, although there was no future, there would always be a past.”

— Stephen Reid

“It seemed to him that nothing would ever be explained, and that all of a sudden each day was slipping away, that time was…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“What was inside him would never go away. What had happened would never not have happened.”

— Paul Russell

“Otherwise, he'd have found the ruin empty, and then, somehow, very quietly and almost naturally, he would have died.”

— William Gibson

“So this means you're spoiling me right?" Can't Help it. You're the best hound ever. Oberon's tail thumped a few times and his mouth…

— Kevin Hearne

“But you know, everybody who survived has an extraordinary story. Otherwise, he'd be dead.”

— Martin Fletcher

“His life was not ruined, you know, just terribly altered. He will get through this, I’m certain of it.”

— Joy Ellis