“ Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. Marcus Aurelius
“ There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones. Anwar Sadat
“ When I wake, it seems a little less hot than usual, so I’m worried I have a fever until light flashes behind the curtains and the sound of a detonation rolls in with a force that makes the windows rat… Mohsin Hamid
“ When I visited , in 1948, at his home in Aylot, a suburb of London, he was extremely anxious for me to tell him all that I knew about . During the course of the conversation, he told me that had made… Joseph Lewis
“ We are among the first peoples in human history who do not broadly inherit religious identity as a given, a matter of kin and tribe, like hair color and hometown. But the very fluidity of this—the pos… Krista Tippett
“ There are a number of good books that draw upon fox legends -- foremost among them, Kij Johnson's exquisite novel . I also recommend Neil Gaiman's (with the Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano); Larissa… Terri Windling
“ The story was certainly current at court, and in 1535 a Member of Parliament, Sir George Throckmorton, accused Henry to his face of 'meddling' with both Anne's mother and sister Mary.'Never with the m… Alison Weir
“ The problem with the so-called bloody surveillance state is that it’s hard work trying to track someone’s movements using CCTV – especially if they’re on foot. Part of the problem is that the cameras… Ben Aaronovitch
“ Tatkala semesta menciut menjadi sesosok makhluk, tatkala sesosok makhluk meluas bahkan sampai menjangkau Tuhan, maka itulah cinta. Victor Hugo
“ Shigure: That's lovely. She’s so... how shall I say it? By putting it into words I'm afraid the nobility of it all would only be obscured.Yuki: Of what?Shigure: You know, she's so spunky!Kyo: You sick… Natsuki Takaya
“ Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed. Oscar Wilde
“ Murder, other than in the most strict forensic sense, is never soluble. That dark human clot can never melt into a lucid, clear suspension. Our detective fiction tells us otherwise: everything is just… Alan Moore
“ Me and Katy look adorkable in extraterrestrialhighway shirts. You would just look stupid. You can thank me later. Jennifer L. Armentrout
“ Jason muttered And I saw something...Really terrible.That was Hera, Thalia grumbled, Her Majesty, the Loose Cannon.That's it, Thalia Grace, Said the goddess. I will turn you into and aardvark, so help… Rick Riordan
“ It was this war and not World War II which established a far-flung American base structure abroad and a national security state at home, as defence spending nearly quadrupled in the last six months of… Bruce Cumings
“ It is a childish notion that once established, our boundaries will never be transgressed again...We shall have to stand for ourselves repeatedly for the rest of our lives. As we practice doing this, w… Maureen Brady
“ I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea. Dodie Smith
