Joseph

“Yes, all the newspapers do say the same thing. That's true. But so it is the same thing that all the frogs croak before a storm. One can hear nothing for them.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“Doctor, I'm no coward; no, not I—not so much! If I was I wouldn't say it.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

“How ugly it all was! And how horribly real ugliness made things!”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“And how could he know the character of the country? By finding out the sense of humor of the country. For if you want to understand a thing, you have to understand its sense of humor.”
― Rebbe Nachman of Breslov