Stacia

“But remember, Friday or Crusoe, when you smoke a pipe you are not smoking only tobacco. With each pipe you smoke: anise, honey, bergamot, boit de rose, cascarilla, cassia, cinnamon, cardamon, gentian root, geranium, menthol, nutmeg, peppermint, rosemary, sandalwood, vanilla, valerian -- and sage, which gives the smoker the allure of an old wise man. All of the above are added as perfumes and oils and blended with the tobacco. No wonder the smoke of a pipe smells like the rainbow.”
― CABRERA INFANTE G., Holy Smoke

“When a man has a healthy self-respect, the one thing that truly flatters him is a worthy opponent.”
― Vera Mutafchieva, The Case of Cem

“For this reason, I had adopted a certain type of behavior, which, I would argue, has been the fate of every ruler from the creation of the world down to the present day: I trusted only myself.”
― Vera Mutafchieva, The Case of Cem

“In love a person always fools himself, insistently, with no regard for the truth--and I don't mean just its hints, but its frank confessions. And this is likely the most beautiful thing about love: it allows you to fully forget the truth.”
― Vera Mutafchieva, The Case of Cem