If my characters didn't surprise me, I'd think there was something wrong.
Juni 2022
I used to be very clever about setting books in London, Paris, and that way I could justify research trips - that's what I do for my art, right?
February 2021
One of the things that draws us to the 19th century is that it's far enough away to feel exotic but close enough to be approachable. We can still recognize ourselves in those people, even as we see all the ways in which our lives have diverged from theirs.
August 2019
I try to be as historically accurate as possible, but I think the story's more important than the history.
March 2014
Well, as to that, all I'll say is, you can't take out a fellow's heart before he's ready to give it up.
I've often thought a blind man could find his way through London simply by gauging the changes in innuendo: mild through Trafalgar Square, less veiled towards the river.
Mr. Timothy
I'm a man of a certain age - old enough to have been every kind of fool- and I find to my surprise that the only counsel I have to pass on is this: Never let your name be found in a dead man's trousers.
The Black Tower
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"With enough patience, the suspect will often interrogate himself."
In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.
Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.
Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free.
Barack Obama - Inauguration Speech, 21st January 2013
A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.
Zeus in Hercules
11It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see. But you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel.
It is strange with how little notice, good, bad, or indifferent, a man may live and die in London.
I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.
I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.
London. The beating heart of England.
England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.
Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.
Tao Xu: "If he is even slightly mean to you...-"
Charlie: "...you'll murder him."
Tao Xu: "I was going to say I'd send him a strongly worded DM, but murder's fine too."
Charlie: "...you'll murder him."
Tao Xu: "I was going to say I'd send him a strongly worded DM, but murder's fine too."
Tao Xu in Heartstopper - Season 1 Episode 5
1It's kind of ironic. The more care you put into a murder, the harsher society judges you.
You know what you are. What you're made of. War is in your blood. Don't fight it. You didn't kill for your country. You killed for yourself. The gods are never gonna make that go away. When you're pushed, killing's as easy as breathing.
John Rambo in Rambo - IV
1Humans had always been better at killing than any other living thing.
Dmitry Glukhovsky in Metro - 2033
Well she was shot in the head so unless she tripped and fell on a bullet, it wasn't an accident.
Sylar: "All I know is that once I'm free from the temptation of my ability...-"
Matt: "You're going to be normal? I'm sorry, that ship sailed 50 murders ago."
Matt: "You're going to be normal? I'm sorry, that ship sailed 50 murders ago."
Matt Parkman in Heroes
If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.
Donald Tusk (about German soldiers helping with floodings in Poland) - September 2024
I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.
Taylor Swift - September 2024