Sushri

“But that sanction of bloodshed by conscience is to my mind . . . more terrible than the official, legal sanction of bloodshed. . .”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“The more cunning a man is, the less he suspects that he will be caught in a simple thing. The more cunning a man is, the simpler the trap he must be caught in. Porfiry is not such a fool as you think. . . .”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“What they think they ought to think is bad enough, Lord knows; but what they really think would break up the whole show.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion

“It returned to-night, for just a little while-just as long as it takes to smoke two cigarettes. With smoke tickling his lungs, he abstracted himself from the mean and actual world. He drove his mind into the abyss where poetry is written.”
― George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying