Modesto Grage

“Iris kissing the lips of a dying boy. Imagine! So very kind, so killingly funny! Cross-eyed Iris in her specs, whatever did the poor boy think?”
― Lesley Glaister, Blasted Things

“Vive la mort, vive la guerre, vive le sacre mercenaire”
― Frederick Forsyth, The Dogs of War

“By-ends answered, "Why, they concluded that it is their duty to rush ahead on their journey in all weather, without waiting for favorable wind or tide. They would risk all in a moment for God, while I, on the other hand, am for taking advantage of all moments to secure my life and my estate. They are for holding their notions, though all other men are against them; but I am for religion so far as the times and my safety will bear it. They are for religion when in rags and contempt; but I am for religion when he walks in his golden slippers in the sunshine and with applause.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

“People got to do something useful if they're going to take up space in the world.”
― Natalie Babbitt