Phila hated the way the war lingered on the edge of all of life’s pieces. Dreams in the Distance
It will take more than affronts from a little person with a big opinion of herself to influence those with whom I choose to consort. Dreams in the Distance
“So, should I desire tae court ye, milady, I would hae to ride up to your castle on me white stallion an’ fight another knight frae ye?” “Indeed, Sir Knight.” O. C. hooted. “Weel, milady, I fear I left me stallion an’ armor back in me castle.” He said it so matter-of-factly, she almost believed he meant it. Dreams in the Distance
Who let me brother in me brain? Dreams in the Distance
“To be exact, Eve wanted to be equal to God. We only want to be equal with men.” She gazed at him, challenging. Dreams in the Distance
“Guid gear comes in sma’ bulk.” Ay, Nana, good things do come in small packages. She’s a bonny lass. Dreams in the Distance
Oh, precious little Kit and her book about the wardrobe. If only I could enter a magic place where the last few months hadn’t happened and be happy again. But make-believe doesn’t happen, there are no magic wardrobes, and one can’t undo the past. Dreams in the Distance
You ask, what is our aim? . . . It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. First Speech as Prime Minister to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, May 1940, Winston Churchill
To construct plausible and moving ‘other worlds’you must draw on the only real ‘other world’ we know, that of the Spirit. Of Other Worlds, C. S. Lewis
When people tire of the forty-eight-minute television novel, they will yearn for a substantial book within whose covers they can live imaginatively for weeks. The eighteenth-century, discursive-type novel will enjoy a vigorous rebirth, because readers demand it. The World Is My Home, James A. Michener