Lara

“Idzie o to, że człowiek, który w głębi siebie nie kryje niespodzianki, z reguły nie bywa interesujący.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov

“We find that at present the human race is divided into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of every hundred. That is, by an optimistic observer. The nine knaves assemble themselves under the banner of the most knavish among them, and become 'politicians'; the wise man stands out, because he knows himself to be hopelessly outnumbered, and devotes himself to poetry, mathematics, or philosophy; while the ninety fools plod off under the banners of the nine villains, according to fancy, into the labyrinths of chicanery, malice and warfare. It is pleasant to have command, observes Sancho Panza, even over a flock of sheep, and that is why the politicians raise their banners. It is, moreover, the same thing for the sheep whatever the banner. If it is democracy, then the nine knaves will become members of parliament; if fascism, they will become party leaders; if communism, commissars. Nothing will be different, except the name. The fools will be still fools, the knaves still leaders, the results still exploitation. As for the wise man, his lot will be much the same under any ideology. Under democracy he will be encouraged to starve to death in a garret, under fascism he will be put in a concentration camp, under communism he will be liquidated.”
― T.H. White, The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once & Future King

“W białym płaszczu z podbiciem koloru krwawnika posuwistym krokiem kawalerzysty wczesnym rankiem czternastego dnia wiosennego miesiąca nisan pod krytą kolumnadę łączącą oba skrzydła pałacu Heroda Wielkiego wyszedł procurator Judei Poncjusz Piłat.”
― Bulgakov M. A., The Master and Margarita

“The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.”
― Patricia A. McKillip, The Bell at Sealey Head