R. B. Kiernan

“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

“Compromise is a stalling between two fools.”
― Stephen Fry

“Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.”
― Dorothy Parker

“There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.”
― Sappho