Funny Name

“We hear a great deal from the administrators, the witnesses in the select committee, the parsons, the jailers, the masters; from the convicts themselves, very little.”
― Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding

“I was in the strange position of having no more than two hundred gulden in my possession, of being at a loose end, of having no job, no means of subsistence, not a shred of hope nor any plans for the future, but actually caring nothing about any of these things.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

“And so I purchased a copy of Infinite Jest at the start of the new year, taking note on the way home that while another book of equally impressive girth might make for a delightfully boastful accessory, the unwanted attention and physical weight of hauling Infinite Jest around on the subway felt instead like carting around a crucifix.”
― Michelle Zauner, Infinite Jest

“I haven’t a single human thought in my head.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler