John Kirk

“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.”
― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis

“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign

“And if the common people ever realise that vampires exist, it will be a very short time indeed before naked noonday identity parades are required by law.”
― Charles Stross, The Rhesus Chart

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies