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“Politicians like us must also be
entertained in order to lead the people [...]‘It is the duty of the taxpayers to always foot our bill. Whether they like it or not, complain or not, it is their duty to make sure I lead with a happy soul. That is the way the world is.”
― Niq Mhlongo, For you I’d steal a goat

“Maria knelt down on the boat, removed his jacket, and pulled down his suspenders. When she unbuttoned his fly Carsten said, "I would like to point out that I am, if I may say so, a classic sexual neurotic." (p.356)”
― Peter Høeg, The History of Danish Dreams

“Faust: What cheerful light breaks on my gloomy
fancies,
As in the midnight woods when moonlight
floods the skies?”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust

“Madame, it is always a mistake to know an author. (p.215)”
― Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon