Richard

“If religions are diseases of the human psyche, as the philosopher Grintholde asserts, then religious wars must be reckoned the resultant sores and cankers infecting the aggregate corpus of the human race. Of all wars, these are the most detestable, since they are waged for no tangible gain, but only to impose a set of arbitrary credos upon another's mind.”
― Jack Vance, The Face

“The worst thing a general can ever say is, Hell, I never expected that.”
― Tom Holt, Alexander At The World's End

“It took age to see whether the beauty could last.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Falls

“Carrots are always better then whips.”
― Jussi Adler-Olsen, The Marco Effect