Third Foundation on Nostr: I decided to post a sampling from my read/to-read lists. "I answered the phone, and ...

I decided to post a sampling from my read/to-read lists.

"I answered the phone, and Susan Rodriguez said, "They've taken our daughter.”
Changes
Jim Butcher

“If I had cared to live, I would have died.”
Silverlock
John Myers Myers

"This is where the dragons went. They lie...
Not dead, not asleep. Not waiting, because waiting implies expectation. Possibly the word we’re looking for here is...
...dormant."

Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett

nonfiction:

"Have you ever dreamed of owning a restaurant? of concocting delicious meals for appreciative customers and ending each evening by counting the thousands of dollars piled up in the cash register? Recently, I found a book on starting your own restaurant. I was dying to read all about the glamour, the independence, and the riches, but the author wasted the entire first chapter trying to talk me out of my dream."

The Secrets of Consulting
Gerald M. Weinberg