Bryan Kvet

“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

“When peace finally came, it smelled of the sort of peace that haunts prisons and cemeteries, a shroud of silence and shame that rots one's soul and never goes away. There were no guiltless hands or innocent looks.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“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

“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