Derevyanko And Alexei Quotes & Sayings

A real writer is always shifting and changing and searching. — James Baldwin

This Descender was the princess he had been waiting for - the real Helen. — Josephine Angelini

For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera. — David Rubenstein

The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin. — Alan Moore

You haven't heard of him? And he is a D'reg!" Mrs Goriff pulled at her husband's arm.
"D'reg?" said Angua.
"A warlike desert tribe," said Carrot. "Very fierce. Honourable, though. They say that if a D'reg is your friend he's your friend for life."
"And if he's not your friend?"
"That's about five seconds. — Terry Pratchett

In the name of economy a thousand wasteful devices would be invented; and in the name of efficiency new forms of mechanical time-wasting would be devised: both processes gained speed through the nineteenth century and have come close to the limit of extravagant futility in our own time. But labor-saving devices could only achieve their end-that of freeing mankind for higher functions-if the standard of living remained stable. The dogma of increasing wants nullified every real economy and set the community in a collective squirrel-cage. — Lewis Mumford