Ahmed

“For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin no worse as I conceive, to do it à la mode and stylishly.”
― Anthony Hope, The Prisoner of Zenda

“People were like that, reluctant to accept truth if it came without a story. There should have been a story.”
― A.C. Cobble, Conspiracy

“Young men need to be kept away from guns, bombs, women, cars, hard alcohol and heavy machinery.”
― Dave Eggers, Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?

“—Just assume I can threaten you and it's better if you answer my questions. Why do you think my head's on one turn too tight? What does that mean?
—It means that they put a capable brain in your skull, and then when they put the cap on, they turned it one turn too tight. It makes for bad outcomes. I think of graduate students stuffing their colleagues into crevices, shooting professors, that kind of thing. People like you. Smart but nuts. One turn too tight.”
― Dave Eggers, Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?