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“Parents in those days, as a matter of course, always arranged everything over their children’s heads.”
― George Orwell, The Greatest Works of George Orwell: 1984, Animal Farm, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia…

“He’s a bounty hunter; remember? So he lives off the bounty he makes, not his salary. Isn’t that so, Mr Deckard?”
― Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

“a rated altitude of 21,000 feet, gave it a 30 m.p.h. advantage over the FW 190 at that height; and this coupled with its astounding rate of climb, meant that for the remainder of the war the Spitfire winged supreme over the war-torn skies of Europe.”
― Douglas Bader, Fight for the Sky: The Story of the Spitfire and Hurricane

“If it wasn’t for the Irish”
― James Hawes, The Shortest History of Ireland