“I commend my soul to any god that can find it.”
― Going Postal
― Going Postal
“A lot of the stories were highly suspicious, in her opinion. There was the one that ended when the two good children pushed the wicked witch into her own oven...Stories like this stopped people thinking properly, she was sure. She'd read that one and thought, Excuse me? No one has an oven big enough to get a whole person in, and what made the children think they could just walk around eating people's houses in any case? And why does some boy too stupid to know a cow is worth a lot more than five beans have the right to murder a giant and steal all his gold? Not to mention commit an act of ecological vandalism? And some girl who can't tell the difference between a wolf and her grandmother must either have been as dense as teak or come from an extremely ugly family.”
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“Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?”
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“It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could, but you were still alive.”
― Soul Music
― Soul Music
“It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country," he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
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