“In the beginning, woman was the sun.”

–Hiratsuka Raichō

“You know well the insides of my arms and my thighs, do you not?”

—Date Masamune

“‘War?’ said Father. ‘This means…war! Must’ve been something we said!’”

—Spike Milligan

“The wave harmonic theory of historical perception, in its simplest form, states that history is an illusion caused by the passage of time, and that time is an illusion caused by the passage of history.”

–Douglas Adams, A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“The air smelled so sweet, and the sky was black velvet, spangled with diamond stars. Nancy was shaking as she stepped through. The grass was wet with dew, tickling her ankles. She bent to untie her shoes, stepping out of them and leaving them where they lay. The dew coated her toes as she reached up to pluck a pomegranate from the nearest branch. It was so ripe that it had split down the middle, revealing a row of ruby seeds. The juice was bitter on her lips. It tasted like heaven. Nancy began walking down the path between the trees, never looking back. The door was gone long before she broke into a run. It wasn’t needed anymore. Like a key that finds its keyhole, Nancy was finally home.”

–Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

“In great deeds, something abides. On great fields, something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear; but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field, to ponder and dream; and lo! the shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into their souls.”

–Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain