“Do you think the symbol of the rhinoceros is there to create a comic effect?” Gabrielle asked. “Yes,” said Michelle, smiling the proud smile of someone who has found the truth. “You’re right,” said Gabrielle. Pleased with their own boldness, the two girls looked at each other, and the corners of their mouths quivered with pride. Then, all of a sudden, they emitted short, shrill, spasmodic sounds very difficult to describe in words.” SmilesPage 78 Book:The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Source: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
“Steinbeck wrote about the tide pools and how profoundly they illustrate the interconnectedness of all things, folded together in an ever-expanding universe that's bound by the elastic string of time. He said that one should look from the tide pool to the stars, and then back again in wonder.” StarsWonderInterconnectednessSteinbeckPage 78Tide Pool Book:The Beginning of Everything Source: The Beginning of Everything
“The blade, freed by the half-turn, floated after him, shining, drawing a fan of red droplets in its wake. The streaming raven-black hair floated in the air, floated, floated, floated... The head fell onto the gravel. There are fewer and fewer monsters? And I? What am I? Who's shouting? The birds? The woman in a sheepskin jacket and blue dress? The roses from Nazair? How quiet! How empty. What emptiness. Within me.” HeroismSpinningPetalsWitcherBladeThe Last WishWitcher SagaPage 78 Book:The Last Wish Source: The Last Wish