Good lines in what you are reading

[Balladeer08]

Sometimes I come across lines that make me laugh, or think "SWIPE!". Ones that work outside the context of the book. Those are what I'd like to see shared here. Sourced, of course.

From "Ghost Ship", by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

"There followed a scrawl, that might've been either his signature or an accident of the pen."

My signature looks a lot like a seismograph of an earthquake, so this cracked me up.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Two of my favorites are in my signature.

 

[Balladeer08]

Two of my favorites are in my signature.

Always love the Heinlein quote. His notebooks of Lazurus Long are extremely quotable.

 

[Que]

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
-Richard P. Feynman in The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (an anthology of his lectures & articles)