--Coraline by Neil Gaiman
“We…we could be friends, you know,” said Coraline. “We could be rare specimens of an exotic breed of African dancing elephants,” said the cat. “But we’re not. At least,” it added cattily, after darting a brief look at Coraline, “I’m not.”
--Coraline by Neil Gaiman
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“I thought about what I was going to say: Oh, hi there, I’m Thom. I just want to say what an honor it is to be part of this prestigious team. A leader that wants to kick my ass, some bitchy girl with a major attitude problem, a geriatric precog, a guy who should probably be quarantined at the Center for Disease Control, and me, just your average, ordinary, gay teen superhero. Surely we’re what the founding members had in mind when they banded together to form the world’s premier superhero group. What’s not to be excited about?”
--Hero by Perry Moore “BSE stands for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. Should I tell our studio audience morea bout it, Jim? Sure, let’s tell ‘em what I’ve won. Well, folks, it’s a fatal virus that eats holes in your brain, turning it into a sponge. The tying-shoes brain cell? Sorry, this item permanently out of stock. We regret to tell you that your gross motor skills and neurological functioning will no longer be in your control. Here’s your econo diaper pack. Watch out for those hallucinations, and have a nice day.”
--Going Bovine by Libba Bray "Surely you have considered terrorist activity?"
There was another pause. Then the spokesman said, in the quiet tones of someone who has had enough and who is going to quit after this and raise chickens somewhere, "Yes, I suppose we must. All we need to do is find some terrorists who are capable of taking an entire nuclear reactor out of its can while it's running and without anyone noticing. It weighs about a thousand tons and is forty feet high. So they'll be quite strong terrorists. Perhaps you'd like to ring them up, sir, and ask them questions in that supercilious, accusatory way of yours." -- Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman "Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of."
--The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams |