“Survivalists. Gordon felt a wave of revulsion.”
David Brin book The Postman
Source: The Postman (1985), Section 2, “Cyclops”, Chapter 3, “Eugene” (p. 114)
A Brief History of Timewasting
“Survivalists. Gordon felt a wave of revulsion.”
David Brin book The Postman
Source: The Postman (1985), Section 2, “Cyclops”, Chapter 3, “Eugene” (p. 114)
“This was the evening of the last day of Gordon Way's life”
Douglas Adams book Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
Context: This was the evening of the last day of Gordon Way's life … The weather forecast hadn't mentioned that, of course, that wasn't the job of the weather forecast, but then his horoscope had been pretty misleading as well. It had mentioned an unusual amount of planetary activity in his sign and had urged him to differentiate between what he thought he wanted and what he actually needed, and suggested that he should tackle emotional or work problems with determination and complete honesty, but had inexplicably failed to mention that he would be dead before the day was out.
“On my 100th birthday, piloting Gordon and myself into the side of a mountain.”
Maeve Binchy (1940–2012) Irish novelist
When asked in 1995 how she would like to die. guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/1995/jul/22/fiction.maevebinchy?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487
Bill Clinton (1946) 42nd President of the United States
January 26, 2008 http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/01/bubba-obama-is.html <br class="br">2000s
“As for Gordon Brown - I've described him and Blair as two cheeks of the same arse.”
George Galloway (1954) British politician, broadcaster, and writer
Rescuing something labour from the wreckage http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/george_galloway/2006/05/rescuing_something_labour_from.html, Comment is Free, May 9, 2006
“You're a stalker with hooves."
-Percy Jackson”
Rick Riordan book The Titan's Curse
Source: The Titan's Curse
“Jackson has broken the ice for us.”
Willem de Kooning (1904–1997) Dutch painter
Quote from Abstract Expressionism, David Anfam, Thames and Hudson Ltd London, 1990, p. 130.
De Kooning's comment on Pollock's drip paintings, first shown at Betty Parsons gallery, 1948
1940's
David Mitchell book Cloud Atlas
The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing, Monday, 13th January —, p. 528
Cloud Atlas (2004)
“You, sir, are a ray of sunshine.
-Percy Jackson”
Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena
Source: The Mark of Athena