Peter

“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.”
― Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

“recognize the malice, cunning, and hypocrisy that power produces, and the peculiar ruthlessness often shown by people from “good families.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Knowledge in the head and virtue in the heart, time devoted to study or business, instead of show and pleasure, are the way to be useful and consequently happy.”
― John Adams

“We don't choose the path we take because of the sins we carry. But we carry our sins on the path we choose.”
― Kinoko Nasu, 空の境界 上