Alan Moore · 173 pages
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“Please, don't go. It's lonely. There's a hole in my head as big as the world and it's so very lonely...”
― Alan Moore, quote from Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing
“You have waged bitter and undeclared war upon the green, gutting the rain forests, mile after mile, day after day, but know this: the war has come home! It is man's turn to embrace the scythe.”
― Alan Moore, quote from Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing
“Yes, of course, the whole idea is utterly inane, but to let its predictable inanities blind you to its truly fabulous and breathtaking aspects is to do both oneself and the genre a disservice.”
― Alan Moore, quote from Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing
“It's raining in Washington tonight. Plump, warm summer rain that covers the sidewalks with leopard spots. Downtown, elderly ladies carry their houseplants out to set them on the fire-escapes, as if they were infirm relatives or Boy Kings. I like that.”
― Alan Moore, quote from Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing
“Uglier than death backin' outta the outhouse readin' mad magazine and crazy as a football bat.”
― Alan Moore, quote from Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing
“That cup of tea is definately not down your alley”
― Jean Ferris, quote from Once Upon a Marigold
“There was silence. Something real was happening: this was, as it were, her life. If she could keep that in mind she would be able to play it through, do the right thing, whatever that meant.”
― Joan Didion, quote from Play It as It Lays
“Тогава започна да дялка маска. Бавно, извънредно бавно се оформи едно красиво лице с извити вежди и пълни чувствени устни. Гладката леко усмихната маска лежеше до леглото и татко дълго я гледаше. По-късно една нощ се събудихме от трясък и сърдити викове. Втурнахме се и го заварихме насред стаята, облегнат на тежкия дървен бюст на мама. Трески от строшената маска бяха разпилени навсякъде по пода. В продължение на няколко секунди той ни гледа сякаш не ни позна, после се разрида и се свлече безпомощно на пода.”
― Rani Manicka, quote from The Rice Mother
“Keep this in mind: there are no coincidences.”
― James Patterson, quote from The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
“FIFTH GRADE WAS different. That was the year to get ready for middle school. Fifth grade meant passing classes. It meant no morning recess. It meant real letter grades on your report cards. But most of all, it meant Mrs. Granger.”
― Andrew Clements, quote from Frindle
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