“I tried to give advice, I really did. Nothing too complicated. Like, Stop hollering at strange girls on the street, and don’t bring up the Beyonder any more than necessary. Did he listen? Of course not! Trying to talk sense to Oscar about girls was like trying to throw rocks at Unus the Untouchable. Dude was impenetrable. He’d hear me out and then shrug. Nothing else has any efficacy, I might as well be myself.”

                     --Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, 2007

“NEVER HAVE I HEARD SUCH WORDS…SENSED SUCH COURAGE…OR KNOWN THIS STRANGE FEELING…THIS NEW EMOTION…! THERE IS A WORD SOME RACES USE…A WORD I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD…UNTIL NOW! AT LAST I KNOW…BEAUTY!”

                     --Stan Lee, THE FANTASTIC FOUR, Vol. 1, No. 49, 
                            "If This Be Doomsday!," 1966

(Posted simultaneously to “Jelly-Town!”)