Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was a...
I did very much hope that he wasn't frittering away his time on nonsense when he had a fantasy to dream about.
Young men of my type are prone to be impatient of details, and give their loyalties without regard to evidence.
Many of you know little about storytelling. Before I begin, let me explain. The Story is the story of us all. If understood properly, it is of immense power. It tells you who you are, what you might e...
It is a machine which I invented, designed and built. It is a way of gaining access to a variety of realities. As I say, at the moment it leads to a world created from Henry’s imagination.’ ‘Does he k...
I had never before spent a night with a woman, had someone lying by my side in the quietness of the dark, hearing her breath and feeling her warmth beside me.It is a sin, and it is a crime. I say it f...
I did not like Ravenscliff by instinct, but I was beginning to find him fascinating. A book-reading, socialist-sympathising, child-begetting capitalist fraud.
Although I do not need to be surrounded by others in order to feel alive, I do need some conversation and distraction.
The French, I knew, were well ahead in this area, constructing gigantic palaces in the centre of cities which offer every luxury to travellers prepared to pay well to avoid any real contact with the p...
People make the mistake of assuming far too many things about armies,’ Lefevre told me one evening. ‘They assume, for a start, that generals know what they are doing and know what is going on. They as...
In a world of chemically induced sanity, a little lunacy confers immense advantages.
God forbid that I should ever suffer the shame of publishing a book for money, or of having one of my family so demean themselves. How can one tell who might read it? No worthy book has ever been writ...
Comrade Kropotkin has argued in the past that Darwinism is but a reflection of capitalism because it emphasises competition and struggle over cooperation and coexistence. It justifies the exploitation...
As in most obituaries, the author said little about the man; they rarely do. But the reticence here was greater than usual. It mentioned that Ravenscliff left a wife, but did not say when they married...
And there will be no waste, I promise you, he went on, waving his finger in the air as he got into his stride.You see, the trouble with the professor is that, once he stops for lunch, he tends to lose...
A te trezi, în Roma ca și în oricare alt oraș, e o treabă personală și cel mai bine e să o rezolvi în liniște.
Although individuals and small events did affect the course of historical development, the influence of even major figures was strictly limited. In
Tommaso nu voise decât un strat de protecție între el și responsabilitate, în cazul în care se întâmpla ceva rău.
The result was most peculiar, and it took a lot of work to get it laid out properly, but first tests were satisfactory. I called it Momentum and told anyone who saw it that it was a biting critique of...
The next day was a dream of such perfection that I have never approached the like again. It was, of course, all illusion, but I like to think of it still in isolation from what came after,as a moment...