MadBrain

“[...] the great Rule of the Game in the Kalevala which is to tell at least three lies before imparting any accurate information however trivial. It had become I think
a kind of formula of polite behaviour, for no one seems to believe you until your fourth statement (which you modestly preface with 'all the truth I now will tell you,
though at first I lied a little'.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Story of Kullervo

“high on top of the world our noses sniffling like the noses of little boys playing late Saturday afternoon their final games in winter”
― Kerouac, Jack

“Altri si vantino dei libri che hanno scritto, io mi glorio di quelli che ho letto.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“Cynicism is a great cure for over-study.
There is a great deal of cynicism in this book, in one place and another. It should be regarded as Angostura Bitters, to brighten the flavour of a discourse which were else too sweet. It prevents one from slopping over into sentimentality.”
― Aleister Crowley, The Book of Lies