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There was a time when my ancestors were proud of the title of chamberlain or butler to the King," said the Baron. "There was also a time," replied Morel haughtily, "when my ancestors cut off your ancestors' heads. — Marcel Proust

I am sure it would not be in the long-term interest of China, which would continue to depend on these African resources for a very long time, to see the emergence of any sense of hostility, animosity, tension between itself and the African continent. — Thabo Mbeki

I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you're strong you'll come out of it OK. — Jennifer Gilmore

Nowadays it is the fashion to emphasize the horrors of the last war. I didn't find it so horrible. There are just as horrible things happening all round us today, if only we had eyes to see them. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

I do consider how I spend my time off carefully because I've got two kids. — Aidan Gillen

I learned that books could be collected, that they were important enough to keep and that a story that seemed to be over could be part of a bigger one. — Ramona Koval

Death is just where your suit falls off and now you're in your other suit. You can't see it on this level, but it's all right. Don't worry. — George Harrison

We are in the position of the man who has only two ambitions in life. One is to invent the universal solvent which will dissolve any solid substance, and the second is to invent the universal container which will hold any liquid. Whatever this inventor does, he will be frustrated. — Norbert Wiener