“Crivens!”
― The Wee Free Men
― The Wee Free Men
“The Ephebians believed that every man should have the vote (provided that he wasn't poor, foreign, nor disqualified by reason of being mad, frivolous, or a woman). Every five years someone was elected to be Tyrant, provided he could prove that he was honest, intelligent, sensible, and trustworthy. Immediately after he was elected, of course, it was obvious to everyone that he was a criminal madman and totally out of touch with the view of the ordinary philosopher in the street looking for a towel. And then five years later they elected another one just like him, and really it was amazing how intelligent people kept on making the same mistakes.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“I'm trying to remember how you tell the time by looking at the sun." -"I should leave it for a while, it's too bright to see the numbers at the moment.”
― The Last Continent
― The Last Continent
“There’s no point in believing in things that exist.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Going Postal
― Going Postal
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