Overcoat Quotes

“Could it be, God forbid, that nationality is only a superficial, insignificant layer of the onion that is your being? What would you think of the man who would say of himself 'I am an overcoat' just because he happened to be wearing one?”
― Jean-Christophe Valtat, Luminous Chaos

“The boy was duly christened, and in the process he started crying and pulled an awful face as if he were having premonitions that one day he might become a titular councillor.”
― Nikolai Gogol, Plays and Petersburg Tales

“Exactly what office was held by the important personage and what this entailed remains a mystery to this day. All that we can say is that the important personage had only recently been made an important personage, and prior to that had been an unimportant personage.”
― Nikolai Gogol, Plays and Petersburg Tales