Harry Collier IV

“After years wasted,” the Revd commences, “at perfecting a parsonical Disguise,— grown old in the service of an Impersonation that never took more than a Handful of actor’s tricks,— past remembering those Yearnings for Danger, past all that ought to have been, but never had a Hope of becoming, have I beach’d upon these Republican Shores,— stoven, dismasted, imbécile with age,— an untrustworthy Remembrancer for whom the few events yet rattling within a broken memory must provide the only comfort now remaining to him,—”
― Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

“I now understand why my guru told me not to read other commentaries onthe Bhagavad Gita. He didn't want my mind influenced by human opinions.”
― Paramhansa Yogananda, Lo yoga della Bhagavad Gita

“...we all have an exaggerated idea of our own personalities and don't recognize the truth if it's sufficiently brutally portrayed...”
― Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy

“Aitisi nai poroja,” replied Veikko, a pleasantry long grown routine, meaning, “Your mother fucks reindeer.”
― Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day