“Believe in me and you shall die, forever.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
“There is an erroneous tendency to view empire-building by rulers from urban-agrarian kingdoms (Alexander, for example) as strategic genius, while treating nomad imperial conquests like natural disasters.”
― The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction
― The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction
“It was one of those rare and beautiful days in winter when England remembers that there is a sun. The star of the day, pale but nevertheless still splendid, was setting in the horizon, glorifying at one the heavens and the sea with bands of fire, and casting upon the tower and the old houses of the city a last ray of gold which made the windows sparkle like the reflection of a conflagration.”
― The Three Musketeers
― The Three Musketeers
“A my nie byliśmy dla nich wcale zwiastunami zmian, z tą bezcelową wyprawą, bladą skórą, z butami Salomona, aparatami Pentaxa, z tym kompletnym brakiem uzasadnienia dla własnej tutaj obecności, z całym tym kaprysem. Przyjęli nas tak, jakbyśmy byli dziećmi tej samej przestrzeni, mieszkańcami tej samej opowieści, która trwa od niepamiętnych czasów.”
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