You just go on

Harra was silent for long enough for Lem to pass around the stone jug one last time, in the dim moonlight and shadows.  Then she said, “You go on.  You just go on.  There’s nothing more to it, and there’s no trick to make it easier.  You just go on.”
“What do you find on the [...]

“… the difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there.”

Could one judge a man by his company?  Could she judge Miles that way?  Ivan was charming and funny, Lady Alys fine and formidable, Ilyan, despite his sinister history, strangely kind.  Miles’s clone brother Mark , for all his bitter bite, seemed a brother in truth.  Kareen Koudelka was pure delight.  The Vorbrettens, the rest [...]

“Books”, said Benjamin.

“Books,” said Benjamin.  “Books are fun.  They never need batteries, they fit in your knapsack, and when they get broken, you can fix them with tape.”
 Benjamin McFadden and the Robot Babysitter, by Timothy Bush.

A linked series of exercises

Settling back, he thrust his legs out before him and folded his hands over his belt buckle.  Eyes half-closed, he reviewed a linked series of exercises, assigning one segment of his mind to keep watch while the most of him dozed.
Scout’s Progress, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

Kipling

Here is a poem from Kipling that has the most wonderful imagery and rolling cadence, yet the punchline is inane.  I’m pulling this out of my head, but I think I have it pretty well down.  It’s from Kim.
Who hath desired the sea? 
The sight of salt water unbounded.
The heave and the halt and the hurl [...]

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“My pleasure,” said the young man who did not suffer from close scrutiny – indeed, he was a list of good looks:  dark brown eyes, a straight nose, strong jaw, and curly black hair.  - Cordelia Underwood or the Marvelous Beginnings of the Moosepath League, by Van Reid, P. 14
Mr. Walton’s friends were mystified by [...]