“He'd been numb a long time, years. All his nights down Ninsei, his nights with Linda, numb in bed and numb at the cold sweating center of every drug deal. But now he'd found this warm thing, this chip of murder. Meat, some part of him said. It's the meat talking, ignore it.” YearsLongSaidNightFoundDealsTalkingColdDrugBedLong TimeMurderWarmMeatEmptinessChipsDetachmentNumbNumbnessSweating Book:Neuromancer Source: Neuromancer
“I have added some ploughmen to the landscape form the park pales which is a great help, but I must try and warm the picture a little more if I can... but I look to do a great deal better in future. I am determined to finish a small picture in the spot for every one I intend to make in future. But this I have always talked about but never yet done - I think however my mind is more settled and determined than ever on this point.” IfsThinkingTryingMindLooksLittlesI CanDoneHelpingFormDealsWarmDeterminedSpotsLandscapeParksPaleI Am Determined Author:John Constable
“How is the newcomer to deal with Rome? What is one to make of this marble rubble, this milk of wolves, this blood of Caesars, this sunrise of Renaissance, this baroquery of blown stone, this warm hive of Italians, this antipasto of civilization?” DealsBloodCivilizationStonesWarmRomeMilkSunriseMarbleRenaissanceHivesRubbleNewcomers Book:The feminine eye Source: The feminine eye