Bruce

“The exquisite gentlemen of the finest breeding wore little pendent trinkets that chinked as they languidly moved; these golden fetters rang like precious little bells; and what with that ringing, and with the rustle of silk and brocade and fine linen, there was a flutter in the air that fanned Saint Antoine and his devouring hunger far away.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“Our wisdom grows not by staking out claims and defending them against all comers, but by sharing information freely, so that we may work together for the betterment of all.”
― Marie Brennan, From the Editorial Page of the Falchester Weekly Review

“...writing a novel is buttering warm toast, while writing a history is herding porcupines with your elbows.”
― Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America

“Possibly this is one more version of "disappearing into your life", the way career telephone company bigwigs, overdutiful parents and owners of wholesale lumber companies are said to do and never know it. You simply reach a point at which everything looks the same but nothing matters much. There's no evidence you're dead, but you act that way.”
― Richard Ford, Independence Day