Anne

“But he was one of those weak creatures, void of pride, timorous, anæmic, hateful souls, full of shifty cunning, who face neither God nor man, who face not even themselves.”
― H G Wells, War of the Worlds: Blood of Mars

“but we thought perhaps the G. B.—it is short for Generous Benefactor—would not like it if there were so many of us. I have often noticed that it is the worst of our being six—people think six a great many, when it’s children. That sentence looks wrong somehow. I mean they don’t mind six pairs of boots, or six pounds of apples, or six oranges, especially in equations, but they seem to think you ought not to have five brothers and sisters.”
― Edith Nesbit, The Story of the Treasure Seekers

“There is many a true word written in jest.”
― H g wells, War of the Worlds: Blood of Mars

“What better time to work than early in the morning?”
― George Bernard Shaw