Paul Perry

“In contemporary capitalism, in contrast to the colonial period, the enforcement of neoliberal policies is the chief means of imposing income deflation on the working people of the periphery.”
― Prabhat Patnaik, The Veins of the South Are Still Open: Debates Around the Imperialism of Our Time

“Concerning the books in the Library, here is my response: if their content agrees with the [Koran], they are superfluous; and if not, they are sacrilegious. Go ahead and destroy them.”
― Irene Vallejo, Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

“He's a whole new species. He's audacious. He's resourceful. He's ingenious. He's cool. He's bad. He's scary. He's got a two-foot cock.

Aye, very good.

He's a wanker, that's what he is.

All terrorists are wankers. Whatever flags they wrapped themselves in, whatever religions, histories or myths they attached to their crusades, they were to a man, just wankers. They told themselves and anyone bored enough to listen that they were in it for the glory of their cause or the welfare of their 'people' (few of whom were ever consulted about this), but the truth was they were in it because they liked killing people. Every last fucking one of them.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away

“Kenamon takes his time to consider this. Penelope does not mind. The silence of men is a novel experience, and she is prepared to thoroughly enjoy it.”
― Claire North, Ithaca