Laws Quote by James S.A. Corey

“In those days, living as we did in the country, without the dubious benefits of radio or television, we had to rely on such…

— Gerald Durrell

“After all, life was like that for most of us – the small unpleasantnesses rather than the great tragedies; the little useless longings rather…

— Barbara Pym

“There must surely be much more to be said than the mere recounting of an incident: about the loves and hates of my people;…

— Es'kia Mphahlele

“These were times when the sheer splendour of language and the boundless potential of the human imagination to transcend the inexorable, horrendous dullness of…

— M.J. Nicholls

“As for the comparatively small class of violent crimes against persons, unconnected with any idea of gain, they were almost wholly confined, even in…

— Edward Bellamy

“Once in a while a story is spectacular enough to break through and attract media attention, but the swell quickly subsides into the general…

— Ruth Ozeki

“But people were stupid. A chronic condition of our society, that so many people somehow thought they were special, the exception to the rule.…

— Wildbow

“People were outraged. They were glued to their televisions, to their web pages, to their Facebook feeds. They vocally expressed sorrow, horror, fury, pain. They…

— Karin Slaughter

“But while the residents were shocked by the violence, they were also often surprised by the mundaneness of it all. Discovered the extent of…

— Kiran Desai

“It didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority…

— Ray Bradbury

“Many of the rioters were obviously bourgeois, the scions of privileged families, as have been the leaders of so many destructive movements in modern…

— Theodore Dalrymple

“What was new to our ears these days, and thrilling to hear, was the steadiness and justice of those who spoke, the abscence of…

— Martha Gellhorn