China Miéville

The summer stretched out the daylight as if on a rack. Each moment was drawn out until its anatomy collapsed. Time broke down. The day progressed in an endless sequence of dead moments.

— China Miéville

Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole.

— China Miéville

In time, in time they tell me, I'll not feel so bad. I don't want time to heal me. There's a reason I'm like this.

— China Miéville

Any moment called

— China Miéville

Shadows fell on them like predators as the light went out.

— China Miéville

The dead are way more organized than the living.

— China Miéville