Guillaume

“School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.”
― Ivan Illich

“This should be a pleasant little interview. All I have to do is put on my scary face."
"You have a scary face?" Ingrid sounded skeptical.
"Yes," said Myfanwy indignantly. "I have a very scary face."
Ingrid surveyed her for a moment. "You may wish to take off the cardigan then, Rook Thomas," she advised tactfully. "The flowers on the pocket detract somewhat from your menace.”
― Daniel O'Malley, The Rook

“Brother Diaz was gripping at his temples with both hands. ‘We have strayed far from the point!’ ‘You will get used to that in this company,’ said Baron Rikard. ‘The point will become so distant a memory you will wonder if it ever truly existed, or was but a mirage, glimpsed from afar in a dream.’ ‘There was a point?’ grunted Vigga”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Devils