Becky

“Humans must never submit to animals.’ “A dry sob shook her. In a low voice, she said: “I’ve been so lonely.” “It should be one of the tests,” the old woman said. “Humans are almost always lonely.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Churchill was a product of an Empire that believed itself culturally and morally superior to everyone else on Earth.”
― Otto English, Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World

“What is that around your eyes? You look like a raccoon.”
― Maggie Shipstead, Great Circle

“why do other ‘snobs’ – and indeed everyone who dreams of a big house and an exciting social life – not turn to serial murder, too?”
― David Wilson, A History Of British Serial Killing: The Shocking Account of Jack the Ripper, Harold Shipman and Beyond