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1 " How astounding that the largest thing he'd ever seen was still no match for the diminishing effect of distance. It made him aware of his own smallness in the world, his insignificance in the face of what might come, and for a moment his chest felt light with panic. "
― Julie Orringer , The Invisible Bridge
2 " I slowly wipe my bloody hand a crossed my jacket and draw my switch blade from my pocket. I show it to him. Mutt regards it with contempt. " How is it you're thinking you'll stop e with that wee thing?" The blade snaps out audibly. Mutt would not be the largest thing to die on the slender point of it. " I don't think I'll stop you," I say. " I think that you will cut my horse and then when you come out of that stall, I will use this to cut your heart out and hand it to you. "