Tanya

“So, how long has my mother had this questionable fetish for bisexual Barrayaran admirals? I don’t think even the Betans have earrings for that one.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Vorkosigan Saga

“It’s what I call common sense, properly understood,’ replied Father Brown. ’It really is more natural to believe a preternatural story, that deals with things we don’t understand, than a natural story that contradicts things we do understand. Tell me that the great Mr Gladstone, in his last hours, was haunted by the ghost of Parnell, and I will be agnostic about it. But tell me that Mr Gladstone, when first presented to Queen Victoria, wore his hat in her drawing-room and slapped her on the back and offered her a cigar, and I am not agnostic at all. That is not impossible; it’s only incredible. But I’m much more certain it didn’t happen than that Parnell’s ghost didn’t appear; because it violates the laws of the world I do understand. So it is with that tale of the curse. It isn’t the legend that I disbelieve — it’s the history.”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Incredulity of Father Brown

“There are good books which are only for adults.
There are no good books which are only for children.”
― W.H. Auden

“We weren't arguing,” said the bear. “Because we can't talk.” Then it said, “Oops.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants