Merlantean Quotes & Sayings

I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or one of its fashionable variants. If you've no hope of being other than a slave, you may as well opt for the most efficient form of slavery. — P.D. James

A felon could plead "benefit of clergy" and be saved by [reading aloud] what was aptly enough termed the "neck verse", which was very usually the Miserere mei of Psalm 51. — William Hazlitt

We devote ourselves to sports because they remind us of how small we are just as much as they make us bigger. * — Fredrik Backman

That alien, unreachable, unattainable happiness, I could not destroy; I had built half of it. — Joan Reginaldo

Cassandra watched him go, slumping a little as the distance between them grew. "He was so nice."
"Yeah."
"And look at that butt."
I considered said item. "Definitely superior. But not for Cassandra hands?"
She shook her head sadly. "Another person stands between us now. He'll meet her within the month."
"Is she prettier than you?"
Cassandra started to smile.
"Well?"
"No"
"Ha!"
"Jaz!"
"Honey, we've got to take our victories where we can find them. — Jennifer Rardin

Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody. — Steve Wynn

Scheming face," Inej murmured.
Jesper nodded. "Definitely. — Leigh Bardugo

Hello sheriff, give me another nose — Clark Coolidge

Any scientist who tells you they know that GMOs are safe and not to worry about it, is either ignorant of the history of science or is deliberately lying. Nobody knows what the long-term effect will be. — David Suzuki