Eskinder Nega
Eskinder Nega

Tyranny is increasingly unsustainable in this post-cold-war era. It is doomed to failure. But it must be prodded to exit the stage with a whimper - not the bang that extremists long for.

Lauren Myracle
Lauren Myracle

What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, books that, if dropped in a lake, go down not with a whimper but a splash.

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

[Obi-Wan's submarine is propelling through an underwater cave, when it suddenly loses power]
Jar-Jar Binks: [whimpers] Wesa gonna *die* in here!
[cover his face as he continues to whimper fearfully]
Qui-Gon Jinn: [calmly] Relax, we're not in trouble yet.
Jar-Jar Binks: [peeks through one hand and then throws his hands

up; frustrated] What Ne-yet?
[Obi-Wan opens the controls wire board and begins fixing the wires]
Jar-Jar Binks: Monsters out there, sinking in here... All stuck here wi' no power. When do you-sa thinkin' weesa in trouble?
Obi-Wan: [Obi-Wan hot wires; power comes back on] Power's back.
Jar-Jar Binks: [Obi-Wan and Jar Jar

turn to the front to see a viper fish-like sea monster. Jar Jar freaks out] Aaaaugh! Monster-sa!