"The soul is the prison of the body."

“Armour... is part of a state of mind... in which you admit the possibility... of being hit.”

Source : Joe Abercrombie (2012). “The Heroes: A First Law Novel”, p.88, Hachette UK

“In the past two or three years, the number of clubs has doubled ... we've got close to 8 000 players, about 60 to 80 clubs. It's not restricted to the metros any more, it's gone rural.”

“And here I thought they were called Peeping Toms." I didn't need to see him to know he wore a smile. "Stop laughing," I said, my cheeks hot with humiliation. "Get me down." "Jump." "What?" "I'll catch you." "Are you crazy? Go inside and open the window. Or get a ladder." "I don't need a ladder. Jump. I'm not going to drop you.”

“They were now both ready, not to begin from scratch, but to continue with a love that had survived for thirteen years in hibernation. They were no longer travellers without baggage. They were no longer twenty. They'd both been around the block a bit and had suffered without the other. They'd both lost their way without the other.  Each had tried to find love with other people. But all that was now finished.”

“One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do.”

Source : Douglas Coupland (2012). “Life After God”, p.76, Simon and Schuster

“Better not to invent her in her absence. Better to wait until she's actually here. Then he can make her up as she goes along.”

“The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now on. The blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues.”

Source : Willie Dixon, Don Snowden (1989). “I am the blues: the Willie Dixon story”

“We have played a critical role in meeting the new safety standards. The Canadian space industry contributed new tools that make the inspection of the space shuttle possible.”