Quote by James Morris

“I must have looked blank. "No matter how perfect the thing," he continued patiently, "the moment it's created it begins to be destroyed.”

— Homer Jnr. Hickam

“How was it possible that all this should be taken away in an instant? But so it was.”

— Stratis Myrivilis

“I don't want you to think you've been forgotten by creation. Sometimes it takes a long road for things to become clear. It's not…

— Kelly Martin

“For it seemed (though why it seemed so, no one knew) that everything began on that night. And, once begun, it could not be…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“It was over. We had once again succeeded in destroying what we could not create.”

— Stephen King

“We have what we seek. We don't have to rush after it. It was there all the time, and if we give it time…

— Thomas Merton

“So it was like that now, catastrophe inevitable at the most empty moments. Everyone waiting, almost wanting it, a secret, guilty desire for meaning.…

— Maggie Helwig

“But daylight brought with it a wonder. None of us had expected to see it again. And as the darkness lost its intensity, the…

— Tammy Pemper

“Dullness. Only humans could have invented it. What imaginations they had.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Easily found, easily gathered, lives were the small change of this world, and if you lost a few, it didn't matter; there were always…

— Salman Rushdie

“Everything had its purpose. If you waited long enough, a useless thing would become useful again.”

— Laurel Snyder

“The night before, a whole day could have shape and design. But when it was upon you, it could vanish tragically to air.”

— Lorrie Moore