Melanie

“He began to have a dim feeling that, to attain his place in the world, he must be himself, and not another.”
― W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk

“Some people have children. I have books. Much more interesting and they never ask me for money.”
― J. Lincoln Fenn, Poe

“Facilis descensus Averni:
noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis;
sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras.
hoc opus, hic labor est.”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

“Sam Vimes could parallel process. Most husbands can. They learn to follow their own line of thought while at the same time listening to what their wives say. And the listening is important, because at any time they could be challenged and must be ready to quote the last sentence in full. A vital additional skill is being able to scan the dialogue for telltale phrases such as "and they can deliver it tomorrow" or "so I've invited them for dinner?" or "they can do it in blue, really quite cheaply.”
― Terry Pratchett