Mark Roberts

“Thou art an old man; no longer let this be a slave, no longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet to unsocial movements, no longer either be dissatisfied with thy present lot, or shrink from the future. All”
― Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

“They awe us, these strange stars, so cold, so clear.  We are as children whose small feet have strayed into some dim-lit temple of the god they have been taught to worship but know not; and, standing where the echoing dome spans the long vista of the shadowy light, glance up, half hoping, half afraid to see some awful vision hovering there. And”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat

“Look at this, Willem, he admits he doesn’t know the law and at the same time insists he’s innocent.”
― Franz Kafka, The Trial

“In this infinity then what is the difference between him who lives three days and him who lives three generations? Always”
― Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius