“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
“The numerous people who imagine that a long stay in the Polar regions makes a man less susceptible of cold than other mortals are completely mistaken.” PeopleMenLongImagineColdMortalsRegionsImagine ThatMistakenSusceptible Book:The South Pole Source: The South Pole
“I have lived carefully, sheltered myself from the cold winds, eaten moderately of what was in season, drunk fine claret, slept in my own sheets; I shall live long.” LongMy OwnWindFineColdSeasonsDrunkSheetsClaretCold Wind Author:Evelyn Waugh
“Eric Schlosser's book on the economy and strategies of the fast-food business should be read by anyone who likes to take their children to fast-food restaurants. I shall certainly never do that again. He employs a long, cold burn, a quiet and impassioned accumulation of detail, with calm, wit and clarity. (...) Fast Food Nation is witness to the rigour and seriousness of the best American journalism, readable, reliable and extremely carefully done.” ShouldChildrenLongBookDoneNationsEconomyColdQuietStrategyCalmDetailsWitLikesClarityJournalismWitnessRestaurantsSeriousnessAccumulationEricFast FoodImpassionedRigourBest AmericanFast Food NationFast Food Restaurants Author:Adam Nicolson
“Doing the same thing in the same way year after year is like eating a quail a day for thirty days. Along toward the middle of the month a fellow begins to long for a broiled crow or a slice of cold dog.” WayYearsLongMiddleDogMonthsColdEatingFellowsThirtyCrowOld DogQuails Book:Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son Source: Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son