“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
― Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
― 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.”
― Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
― Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”
― Guards! Guards!
― Guards! Guards!
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