"Unexplained noises are best left unexplained."

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Source : John Bellairs (2014). “The Face in the Frost”, p.25, Open Road Media

John Bellairs

#Noise Quotes #Unexplained Quotes

“All the aftermath that so frequently follows in the wake of war still confront the nation, and we now, as ever before, must hold fast to the ancient landmarks and see to it that all of these plagues that threaten so mightily shall be rendered harmless.”
“I don't try and be dark, but there are obviously darker emotions that I want to capture sometimes.”
“We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.”

Source : N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.52, Hachette UK
“When I was a small boy, if we had a problem, we would fight about it with our fists. We wouldn't shoot somebody, killing them or wounding them. That's not hard to do. I would like people to put down the guns. If you have a problem, talk about it or fight about it.”
“These weren't college kids on acid. They were preachers, and bankers, and farmers, and the salt of American society subscribing to ideas that now seem so wild to us. These people had the most radical visions of what the future could be. And this was happening in an era we don't typically associate with sexual experimentation, or communism, or things like that.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I'm a color person, I've never been known to play it safe. Plus I like big bags. My eyeglasses are so big; they don't fit into smaller bags.”
“I myself have read the writings and teachings of the heretics, polluting my soul for a while with their abominable notions, though deriving this benefit: I was able to refute them for myself and loathe them even more.”
“The window was still open.â€ Mr Lisbon said. â€œI donâ€™t think weâ€™d ever remembered to shut it. It was all clear to me. I knew I had to close it or else sheâ€™d go on jumping out of it forever”

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