Bryan Kvet

“I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.”
― Frank Moore Colby

“Henry and Anne did not have a happy marriage. She kept answering back, which, you'll be amazed to hear, Henry VIII didn't like, and she gave birth to a daughter, which he liked even less.”
― David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

“The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produces no concept; therefore, it is dumb.”
― Umberto Eco

“With the withdrawal of Roman protection, society went to shit - quite literally, since it heralded a 1,400 year hiatus in the construction of sewers.”
― David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens