“Bleak, dark, and piercing cold, it was a night for the well-housed and fed to draw round the bright fire, and thank God they were at home; and for the homeless starving wretch to lay him down and die. Many hunger-worn outcasts close their eyes in our bare streets at such times, who, let their crimes have been what they may, can hardly open them in a more bitter world.”
― Oliver Twist
― Oliver Twist
“There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir."
Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions.”
― The Truth: Stage Adaptation
Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions.”
― The Truth: Stage Adaptation
“We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
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