Paul

“It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know
how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him.”
― Norman Maclean

“It smells terrible in here.'

Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to forget in this age of deodorants and other perversions. Actually, I find the atmosphere of this room rather comforting. Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs. You may remember that Mark Twain preferred to lie supinely in bed while composing those rather dated and boring efforts which contemporary scholars try to prove meaningful. Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate.”
― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

“Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.”
― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day