War Quote by Scott Westerfeld

“...it occurred to me that perhaps in this city the crowd was essential to the individual; without it, he had nothing against which to…

— Don DeLillo

“she had always considered that, far from the world of Ealing and its county councillors who over-ate and neighed like stallions, there were bright…

— Ford Madox Ford

“She wondered how many towns like this existed all over the country?Bucolic scenery on the outside, with its own private soap operas, gossips and…

— Jaime Allison Parker

“All the things that seemed so exotic and exciting – cars, television, the fashions, the music, the buildings – were just surface. Under it…

— Dave Hutchinson

“The city was different back then--poor and crumbling--kept alive only by the gritty determination and steely cynicism of its occupants. But underneath the dirt…

— Candace Bushnell

“She had lost her compassion for people and a thick crust of indifference had formed around her feelings - that disgust that afflicts the…

— Alaa Al Aswany

“She empathized with those who were true victims but, in her own case, she rejected victimhood. The details of life and the amusement that…

— Jonathan Kozol

“She walked rather quickly; she liked to be active, though at times she gave an impression of repose that was at once static and…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“She had her own opinions on every subject, and kept steadily to them--very tiresome opinions they often were; as she was always thinking of…

— Emily Brontë

“Every now and then the city shook its soul out. It assailed you with an image, or a day, or a crime, or a…

— Colum McCann

“She was thinking about the way she’d always taken for granted that the world had certain people in it, either central to her days…

— Emily St. John Mandel

“That the volume of information, of data, of judgements, of measurements, was too much, and there were too many people, and too many desires…

— Dave Eggers