Sebastian Strome

“People in my constituency are starving and born with sixteen fingers. Did you ever eat weasel shish-kebob? Freddy doesn’t walk by the side of the motorways to gather dandelions for his salad, but the people who sent me here do. Why are we supporting him? He doesn’t deserve it. The Tories won’t give milk to children who go to school hungry and come home to baked cat.”
― Mark Helprin, Freddy and Fredericka

“Evolution can’t happen without suffering and failure while dreaming of happiness. Happiness is the very existence of our souls – the existential void.”
― Raz Mihal, Just Love Her

“It was 9:30 P.M., just an hour from deadline for the second edition. Woodward began typing:


A $25,000 cashier's check, apparently earmarked for the campaign chest of President Nixon, was deposited in April in the bank account of Bernard L. Barker, one of the five men arrested at the break-in and alleged bugging attempt at Democratic National Committee headquarters here June 17.


The last page of copy was passed to Sussman just at the deadline. Sussman set his pen and pipe down on his desk and turned to Woodward. 'We've never had a story like this,' he said. 'Just never.'

-- Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward”
― Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men

“I was going through the hardest thing, also the greatest thing, for any human being to do; to accept that which is already within you, and around you.”
― Malcom X