Isobel

“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it much.”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer

“War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village; stick them into uniforms, equip them with guns, and let them loose like wild beasts against each other.”
― Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays

“For the most part people went about their business with an entirely irresponsible confidence in the stability of the universe.”
― H.G. Wells, The New Machiavelli

“Two o’clock already! High time for a woman of letters who has turned out badly to go to sleep.”
― Colette, The Vagabond