Quote by George Orwell

“They had something, that generation, he thought. They didn't doubt themselves. They knew what life was, and where they belonged in it. Not like…

— Helen Dunmore

“When they began, they could not have thought that it would end like this, because their time seemed to them as simple as a…

— Murray Kempton

“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

“They went about their everyday lives like there was nothing that existed out outside of the norm. They knew nothing of angels, death, fear.…

— Keary Taylor

“There was something about the people you grew up around, the ones you'd seen throughout your childhood, the folks you couldn't remember not knowing.…

— J.R. Ward

“They understood nothing, none of life's realities, and, I swear to you, this was what made me most indignant.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“They had come to the end of what they could talk about. Beyond that point there was nothing: the random thoughts of men who…

— Paul Auster

“They were like a vision, they had slipped into eternity, a zone beyond time. There and not there, a presence unseen but felt, like…

— Justin Cronin

“I saw how pure, in a way, they were – no matter what they had done. Each in their own way they had tried…

— Peter Høeg

“Once again, without explaining anything, they understood that they must leave. Go away before this world woke up and continued with a life from…

— Andreï Makine

“...that was what kept the world interesting...reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos.”

— Scott Westerfeld

“They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter with their…

— Upton Sinclair