Monica

“Matrimony never seemed to me to be very charming, and upon my word it does not become more alluring by what I find at Loughlinter.”
― Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn: The Irish Member

“I doubt whether an old man should ever live in England if he can help it.”
― Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn: The Irish Member

“Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library.”
― Walter Savage Landor, Pericles and Aspasia

“I tell you, if the whole world, and everybody in it, was as weak and frightened as I am now, and as unsure of everything – unsure of themselves, their place in the scheme of things – it’d be a far better place. No more enthusiasts, no heroic deeds, no commitment, just general all-round pusillanimity! I’d be content to live on this earth for all eternity, if somebody’d just show me a corner of it where there’s not always room for heroics. ‘General pusillanimity’ – yes, that’s our remedy for all ills...”
― Erofeev Venedikt, Moskva-Petushki