Lan Orouke

“... chez le pire des minables il existe de ces sentiments, sentiments de fierté intransigeante, qui exigent une réciprocité absolue, et qui préfèrent la douleur d'une solitude amère aux joies d'un succès obtenu par l'humiliante intercession de la raison.”
― M. Ageyev, Novel with Cocaine

“I tell my life’s story for that humble reason which has inspired every user of the form: to prove to the world I am a great man. I shall fail, of course, like the others.”
― Luke Rhinehart, The Dice Man: This book will change your life.

“Scott's mind was racing, struggling to comprehend the events unfolding around him. They were talking about disposing of Twinkle like he was a rusty old bike that no-one rode anymore.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

“For in a struggle one must have both legs firmly planted on the
earth. The Party had taught one how to do it. The infinite was a
politically suspect quantity, the `I' a suspect quality. The Party did not
recognize its existence. The definition of an individual was: a multitude
of one million divided by one million.”
― Arthur Koestler