Sean Devine

“Pendle Hill, which means Hill-Hill Hill. This was not a one-off. Bredon Hill in Worcestershire is also Hill-Hill Hill on exactly the same pattern of Celtic (bre), Old English (don) and modern English (hill).”
― Mark Forsyth, The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

“Everywhere that air of conspiracy which generates among people who have been up since dawn – of superiority almost, derived from the common experience of having seen the night disappear and the morning come.”
― John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

“Once, in Belgium, Karl Burns had been given a load of Belgian francs to spend and given the impression it was an awful lot of money. Carroll and Smith, the terrible twosome, howled with laughter when the naive drummer returned 20 minutes later, exploding, ‘This won’t even buy me a fucking packet of cigarettes!”
― Dave Simpson, The Fallen: Life In and Out of Britain's Most Insane Group

“I want my whole life lined with a topical anesthetic.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor