Undercity Quotes

#1. I understand Neverfell, you see. For Neverfell, it is as if other people are part of her. When she believes they are in pain, it hurts her, like a wound in a pretend limb. So right now she is in pain for all the people she saw in the Undercity.

Frances Hardinge

#2. Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.

Alice Munro

#3. First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.

Saint Basil

#4. The night it falls
The stars shine through
The inky black
That is the cue
For plot demands
That dreams be sown
The fantasies
I have alone
The words come fast
They flow like wine
I am the midnight writer...

Virginia Alison

#5. Iggy: Now what? Who you gonna call?
A quiet voice in the hallway outside: Ghostbusters!
(Captain Perry and John groan)
John: That phrase is ruined forever.

James Patterson

#6. It had been so long since she had seen him and she had lived on memories until they were worn thin.

Margaret Mitchell

#7. [WASHINGTON]
It's alright, you want to fight, you've got a hunger
I was just like you when I was younger
Head full of fantasies of dyin' like a martyr?

[HAMILTON]
Yes

[WASHINGTON]
Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder

Lin-Manuel Miranda

#8. Happy are you, reader, if you do not belong to this sex to which all good is forbidden.

Marie De Gournay

#9. And the coolness of your smile is stirringofbirds between my arms

E. E. Cummings

#10. Satan prowls but he's a lion on a leash

Ann Voskamp

#11. Information imposes certain criteria on how it can be stored.

John Maynard Smith

#12. My basics are black, white, or neutral, and I'll wear a ton of jewelry or carry a brightly colored bag.

Rachel Zoe

#13. The strangest thing has happened. I really missed my dog. That's never happened to me before. You know, on a long tour you do hear people saying they miss their pets. I never have. But last night I started really missing my dog.
It's very odd, 'cause I don't have a dog.

Bono

#14. Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly.

Jim Otto

#15. The invisible hand never picks up the check.

Kim Stanley

#16. That's kind of a nostalgia thing. Nirvana was my first favorite band, in third or fourth grade. Then I got out of them. But one day in college a few buddies and myself all started listening to them again and it blew me away. They still stand out as my favorite band ever.

Girl Talk