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“Anyone who has spent an hour drinking vodka by the glass knows that size has surprisingly little to do with a man’s capacity. There are tiny men for whom the limit is seven and giants for whom it is two. For our German friend, the limit appeared to be three. For if the Tolstoy dropped him in a barrel, and the Tchaikovsky set him adrift, then the caviar sent him over the falls. So, having wagged a chastising finger at the Count, he moved to the corner of the bar, laid his head on his arms, and dreamed of the Sugar Plum Fairy.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“A fool was just a fool, but a fool in the White House was the most dangerous person in the world.”
― Ken Follett, Never

“George W. Bush, on the dais, supplied what seemed likely to become the historic footnote to the Trump address: “That’s some weird shit.”
― Michael Wolff, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House

“Might we not be creating new and different demons whose most frightening trait is that they truly believe themselves to be angels?”
― Mark Lawrence, The Girl and the Stars