Scotland

“Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free.”
― Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle

“Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.”
― Alan Moore, Watchmen

“Finally, he gave up trying to quiet her and lit a cigarette, the last resort of a man who finds himself in an intolerably stupid position.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle

“I have just been cut in half by a streetcar at Patriarch's. Funeral Friday 3PM. Come. Berlioz”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita