

“The storm before the calm.”
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

“When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender, of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries.”
― The Wind in the Willows
― The Wind in the Willows

“Death devours not only those who have been cooked by old age; it also feasts on those who are half-cooked and even those who are raw.”
― The Use and Misuse of Children
― The Use and Misuse of Children
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