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E.M. Forster
“I want to see you not through the machine,' said Kuno. 'I want to speak to you not through the wearisome machine.”
E.M. Forster, The Machine Stops

Victor Hugo
“He was astonishingly ugly, so much so that the prettiest boot-embroiderer of the day, Irma Boissy, was so revolted by his looks as to declare him to be impossible. But this in no way discouraged Grantaire, who gazed tenderly and fixedly at all women with an air of saying "If I chose", and strove to persuade his comrades that he was universally sought after.”
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

Caroline Peckham
“I might want to fuck you, Twelve. But that doesn’t mean I’m stupid enough to get fucked by you.”
Caroline Peckham

Victor Hugo
“There are marble-workers at the Barrière du Maine, and painters and workers in the sculptors' studios. They're keen, on the whole, but inclined to blow hot and cold. I don't know what's got into them recently. They seem to have lost interest, they spend their whole time playing dominoes. It's important for someone to go and talk to them, and talk bluntly. Their place is the Café Richefeu and they're always there between twelve and one. It needs a puff of air to brighten up those members. I was going to ask that dreamy character, Marius, but he doesn't come here any more. So I need someone for the Barrière du Maine, and I've no one to send."
"There's me," said Grantaire. "I'm here."
"You?"
"Why not?"
"You'll go out and preach republicanism, rouse up the half-hearted in the name of principle?"
"Why shouldn't I?"
"Would you be any good at it?"
"I'd quite like to try," said Grantaire.
"But you don't believe in anything?"
"I believe in you."
"Grantaire, do you really want to do me a service?"
"Anything you like � I'd black your boots."
"Then keep out of our affairs. Stick to your absinthe.”
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“He spoke as if this were the Brangelina wedding (RIP).”
Mary Hollis Huddleston, Without a Hitch

A.  Kirk
“Your Sicarius team?â€� Goodbye frying pan, hello fire.

“Yes,â€� he said proudly. “Out of emotional concern for others, I am acquiring assets to come to y’all’s aid.â€� He saw the looks on our faces, and his fell. “That was wrong? Dang it. I thought I nailed it this time. I’ll go stall them.”
A. Kirk, Demons in Disguise

Bella Bathurst
“and a man at the back who Jules considered surprisingly good looking for somone who believed in god.”
Bella Bathurst, Special

Robert Jordan
“I have tried to kill him,â€� he babbled. “Rand al’Thor. I have tried! But I cannot find him. I cannot! I was told my family would be killed if I failed, one by one. I was promised I would be last! I have cousins, yet. Nephews. Nieces. I have another sister! You must give me more time!”
Robert Jordan, The Shadow Rising

Jane Washington
“Not even her own psychotic creations respected her.”
Jane Washington, Tourner