It is fun to be in the same decade with you.
— An excerpt of a cable sent from Franklin Roosevelt to Winston Churchill
The safest course was actually the simplest - do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn’t a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.
— Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
She seems so cool, so focused, so quiet, yet her eyes remain fixed upon the horizon. You think you know all there is to know about her immediately upon meeting her, but everything you think you know is wrong. Passion flows through her like a river of blood. She only looked away for a moment, and the mask slipped, and you fell. All your tomorrows start here.
— Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things