Martin

“No man is lonely while eating spaghetti:
it requires so much attention.”
― Christopher Morley

“The British officer who had lectured on antisubmarine warfare at Casco Bay had been fond of quoting an army story of the previous war in which two infantry privates put their clothes through a newly invented machine for delousing them. “Why,” said one, bitterly, after inspecting results, “they’re all alive still.” “Yes,” said the other, “but I expect they’ve had a hell of a fright.”
― C.S. Forester, The Good Shepherd

“They were setting off on an adventure, and Hornblower was only too conscious that it was his own fault.”
― C. S. Forester

“The air seemed heavy, and the making of words, wearisome.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring Photo Guide