

“I may be mad, he thought, but I prefer the shit of this world to whatever sweet ambrosias the next may offer.”
― Jitterbug Perfume
― Jitterbug Perfume

“Now we can understand Schopenhauer when he said that mankind was apparently doomed to vacillate eternally between the two extremes of distress and boredom.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning

“ ‘I knew it, I knew it, I damn well knew it,’ he shouted. ‘The President was right you’re all infected with this wretched MeMe chromosome even at the dawn of your pathetic little planet’s evolution. You do realise of course there’s no hope for you. It’s all going to be a complete and utter waste of time. You and your little planet are all doomed.”
― Our Blue Orange
― Our Blue Orange

“Bring me Mother Julian’s Scroll within two weeks, or I’ll get that guttersnipe Leni prosecuted for attempted murder. She won’t survive long in prison.”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
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