Lyle Stiles
@thewritestiles.bsky.social
Part Sci-Fi Author. Part Neuroscience PhD holder. All Nerd. Find more of me at: Lylestiles.com
Posting funny, interesting, or thought-provoking book quotes.
Posting funny, interesting, or thought-provoking book quotes.
Babies? Curses? And Were-Platypuses?...
Check out my new MG short story, "The Baby Blight-A Halloween High Mystery" published by Starspun Lit ( complete with illustrations) here: www.starspunlit.org/issues/hallo...
Check out my new MG short story, "The Baby Blight-A Halloween High Mystery" published by Starspun Lit ( complete with illustrations) here: www.starspunlit.org/issues/hallo...
October 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Babies? Curses? And Were-Platypuses?...
Check out my new MG short story, "The Baby Blight-A Halloween High Mystery" published by Starspun Lit ( complete with illustrations) here: www.starspunlit.org/issues/hallo...
Check out my new MG short story, "The Baby Blight-A Halloween High Mystery" published by Starspun Lit ( complete with illustrations) here: www.starspunlit.org/issues/hallo...
Reposted by Lyle Stiles
This is too wholesome
May 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is too wholesome
“Your saliva smells like sardines.”
“Yeah, well. I’m a cat.”
“Now my face smells like sardines.”
“I don’t care. I’m a cat.”
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow #booksky📚🪐
“Yeah, well. I’m a cat.”
“Now my face smells like sardines.”
“I don’t care. I’m a cat.”
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow #booksky📚🪐
May 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“Your saliva smells like sardines.”
“Yeah, well. I’m a cat.”
“Now my face smells like sardines.”
“I don’t care. I’m a cat.”
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow #booksky📚🪐
“Yeah, well. I’m a cat.”
“Now my face smells like sardines.”
“I don’t care. I’m a cat.”
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow #booksky📚🪐
“To all who walk the dark path...brighter days are coming. Clearer sight will arrive. And you will arrive too. No, it might not be forever. The bright moments might be for a few days at a time, but hold on for those days. Those days are worth the dark.”
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson #booksky📚🪐
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson #booksky📚🪐
May 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“To all who walk the dark path...brighter days are coming. Clearer sight will arrive. And you will arrive too. No, it might not be forever. The bright moments might be for a few days at a time, but hold on for those days. Those days are worth the dark.”
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson #booksky📚🪐
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson #booksky📚🪐
Can you hear that? That’s me smiling, y’all. I’m smiling so loud you can fucking hear it. I’m going to destroy the goddamn universe with my irrational joy and I will spew forth pictures of clumsy kittens and baby puppies adopted by raccoons.
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson #booksky 📚🪐
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson #booksky 📚🪐
May 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Can you hear that? That’s me smiling, y’all. I’m smiling so loud you can fucking hear it. I’m going to destroy the goddamn universe with my irrational joy and I will spew forth pictures of clumsy kittens and baby puppies adopted by raccoons.
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson #booksky 📚🪐
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson #booksky 📚🪐
“But for a society built on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.”
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin #booksky📚🪐
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin #booksky📚🪐
May 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“But for a society built on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.”
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin #booksky📚🪐
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin #booksky📚🪐
But I think there’s another reason that winemakers tend to live a long time. Their lives revolve around nature and the cycle of seasons. You realize you cannot control nature, you can only adapt...When you come to peace with this, it’s not only humbling, but also freeing.
Roctogenerians #booksky📚🪐
Roctogenerians #booksky📚🪐
May 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
But I think there’s another reason that winemakers tend to live a long time. Their lives revolve around nature and the cycle of seasons. You realize you cannot control nature, you can only adapt...When you come to peace with this, it’s not only humbling, but also freeing.
Roctogenerians #booksky📚🪐
Roctogenerians #booksky📚🪐
“Look how cute little birdie is!” my mother said earnestly. “Let’s make a grave for him over there, so everyone can lay flowers on it.”
And that’s what we did. Everyone cried for the poor dead bird as they went around murdering flowers, plucking their stalks.
Convenience Store Woman #booksky 📚🪐
And that’s what we did. Everyone cried for the poor dead bird as they went around murdering flowers, plucking their stalks.
Convenience Store Woman #booksky 📚🪐
May 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“Look how cute little birdie is!” my mother said earnestly. “Let’s make a grave for him over there, so everyone can lay flowers on it.”
And that’s what we did. Everyone cried for the poor dead bird as they went around murdering flowers, plucking their stalks.
Convenience Store Woman #booksky 📚🪐
And that’s what we did. Everyone cried for the poor dead bird as they went around murdering flowers, plucking their stalks.
Convenience Store Woman #booksky 📚🪐
May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The term doughnut came from Harrison Gregory, an 18th-century sailor, inspired by his mom. She made him a dough cake with nuts in it for his journey.
When other sailors asked what he was eating, he said, “Dough and nuts”; this was quickly shortened to “doughnuts”.
Why? by Riddleland #booksky📚🪐
When other sailors asked what he was eating, he said, “Dough and nuts”; this was quickly shortened to “doughnuts”.
Why? by Riddleland #booksky📚🪐
May 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The term doughnut came from Harrison Gregory, an 18th-century sailor, inspired by his mom. She made him a dough cake with nuts in it for his journey.
When other sailors asked what he was eating, he said, “Dough and nuts”; this was quickly shortened to “doughnuts”.
Why? by Riddleland #booksky📚🪐
When other sailors asked what he was eating, he said, “Dough and nuts”; this was quickly shortened to “doughnuts”.
Why? by Riddleland #booksky📚🪐
A proton is an infinitesimal part of an atom, which is itself of course an insubstantial thing. Protons are so small that a little dib of ink like the dot on this "i" can hold something in the region of 500,000,000,000 of them.
A Short History of Nearly Everything #booksky📚🪐
A Short History of Nearly Everything #booksky📚🪐
April 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A proton is an infinitesimal part of an atom, which is itself of course an insubstantial thing. Protons are so small that a little dib of ink like the dot on this "i" can hold something in the region of 500,000,000,000 of them.
A Short History of Nearly Everything #booksky📚🪐
A Short History of Nearly Everything #booksky📚🪐
“Hope in the shadow of fear is the world's most powerful motivator.”
Scythe by Neal Shusterman #booksky📚🪐
Scythe by Neal Shusterman #booksky📚🪐
April 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“Hope in the shadow of fear is the world's most powerful motivator.”
Scythe by Neal Shusterman #booksky📚🪐
Scythe by Neal Shusterman #booksky📚🪐
The dolphins had long known of the impending destruction of planet Earth and made many attempts to alert mankind; but their communications were misinterpreted as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for titbits, so eventually they gave up and left Earth by their own means…
H2G2 #booksky📚🪐
H2G2 #booksky📚🪐
April 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The dolphins had long known of the impending destruction of planet Earth and made many attempts to alert mankind; but their communications were misinterpreted as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for titbits, so eventually they gave up and left Earth by their own means…
H2G2 #booksky📚🪐
H2G2 #booksky📚🪐
Greek philosopher Diogenes wrote in mythical jest that the god Hermes taught his son Pan (the half-man, half-goat frolicker) the practice of masturbation, and that he, in turn, could teach it to isolated shepherds tending to their flock.
DIY by Dr. Eric Sprankle #booksky📚🪐
DIY by Dr. Eric Sprankle #booksky📚🪐
April 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Greek philosopher Diogenes wrote in mythical jest that the god Hermes taught his son Pan (the half-man, half-goat frolicker) the practice of masturbation, and that he, in turn, could teach it to isolated shepherds tending to their flock.
DIY by Dr. Eric Sprankle #booksky📚🪐
DIY by Dr. Eric Sprankle #booksky📚🪐
900 CE: People believed in tempestarii (weather mages)—evil sorcerers summoning sailors in flying ships to cause storms to steal crops from farmers’ fields, a form of witchcraft hysteria.
Farmers never caught the sailors, but did accuse neighbors of being tempestarii.
Weird Middle Ages #booksky📚🪐
Farmers never caught the sailors, but did accuse neighbors of being tempestarii.
Weird Middle Ages #booksky📚🪐
April 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
900 CE: People believed in tempestarii (weather mages)—evil sorcerers summoning sailors in flying ships to cause storms to steal crops from farmers’ fields, a form of witchcraft hysteria.
Farmers never caught the sailors, but did accuse neighbors of being tempestarii.
Weird Middle Ages #booksky📚🪐
Farmers never caught the sailors, but did accuse neighbors of being tempestarii.
Weird Middle Ages #booksky📚🪐
"I’m not saying he intentionally threw me out of a moving car, just that an opportunity presented itself and that my father is a dangerous man who shouldn’t be trusted."
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson #booksky📚🪐
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson #booksky📚🪐
April 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"I’m not saying he intentionally threw me out of a moving car, just that an opportunity presented itself and that my father is a dangerous man who shouldn’t be trusted."
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson #booksky📚🪐
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson #booksky📚🪐
“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
—Dr. Seuss📚🪐
—Dr. Seuss📚🪐
April 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
—Dr. Seuss📚🪐
—Dr. Seuss📚🪐
“He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams #booksky📚🪐
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams #booksky📚🪐
April 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams #booksky📚🪐
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams #booksky📚🪐
2300 BC: The chief priest of Sumeria created a hymn to praise God. This celebration of the deity, “The Exaltation of Inanna,” is the world’s 1st known poem. But it has another claim to attention—both the 1st God and this 1st known priest-poet were female.
Who Cooked the Last Supper? #booksky📚🪐
Who Cooked the Last Supper? #booksky📚🪐
April 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
2300 BC: The chief priest of Sumeria created a hymn to praise God. This celebration of the deity, “The Exaltation of Inanna,” is the world’s 1st known poem. But it has another claim to attention—both the 1st God and this 1st known priest-poet were female.
Who Cooked the Last Supper? #booksky📚🪐
Who Cooked the Last Supper? #booksky📚🪐
I’m from the South, and in Texas we offer drinks to strangers even when we’re at the liquor store. In Texas we call that “southern hospitality.”
The people who own the store call it “shoplifting.”
Let's Pretend This Never Happened #booksky 📚🪐
The people who own the store call it “shoplifting.”
Let's Pretend This Never Happened #booksky 📚🪐
April 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m from the South, and in Texas we offer drinks to strangers even when we’re at the liquor store. In Texas we call that “southern hospitality.”
The people who own the store call it “shoplifting.”
Let's Pretend This Never Happened #booksky 📚🪐
The people who own the store call it “shoplifting.”
Let's Pretend This Never Happened #booksky 📚🪐
Research points to one woman as the original “gene fount” for the whole human race. She lived in Africa 300,000 years ago. Her descendants migrated & spread across the globe, giving rise to everyone living today. She is known as "Mitochondrial Eve."
Who Cooked the Last Supper? #blacksky #booksky 📚🪐
Who Cooked the Last Supper? #blacksky #booksky 📚🪐
April 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
In 2023, it was a Christmas miracle of sorts for Brenda Lee when “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” propelled by TikTok, finally hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart, 65 years after it was released. Lee, at 78, became the oldest living person to have a No. 1 song in the US.
Roctogenerians #booksky📚🪐
Roctogenerians #booksky📚🪐
April 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In 2023, it was a Christmas miracle of sorts for Brenda Lee when “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” propelled by TikTok, finally hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart, 65 years after it was released. Lee, at 78, became the oldest living person to have a No. 1 song in the US.
Roctogenerians #booksky📚🪐
Roctogenerians #booksky📚🪐
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss📚🪐
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss📚🪐
April 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss📚🪐
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss📚🪐
Reposted by Lyle Stiles
Marginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky
April 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Marginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky
My most important talent—or habit—was persistence. Without it, I would have given up writing long before my first novel. It’s amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up. And this applies to anything that's important, but frightening.
Bloodchild & Other Stories-Octavia Butler #booksky📚🪐
Bloodchild & Other Stories-Octavia Butler #booksky📚🪐
April 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My most important talent—or habit—was persistence. Without it, I would have given up writing long before my first novel. It’s amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up. And this applies to anything that's important, but frightening.
Bloodchild & Other Stories-Octavia Butler #booksky📚🪐
Bloodchild & Other Stories-Octavia Butler #booksky📚🪐