Hermes

“Personally, I think it's right here on the premises."
"Probably right under our very noses. What you think, Jack?"
And in the other room, Mary Maloney began to giggle.”
― Roald Dahl, Lamb to the Slaughter

“Are you married, Mr. Mead?"
"No. . . nobody wanted me," said Leonard Mead with a smile.”
― Ray Bradbury, The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act

“They did not know that I did it for myself; that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than al their voices, and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.”
― James Hurst, The Scarlet Ibis

“Everything is equally endowed with great merit, so that it is no longer an honor to be lauded.”
― Molière, The Misanthrope