"It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out to inform the public. They thought it was a jest and applauded. He repeated his warning. They shouted even louder. So I thi..."
- Søren Kierkegaard
"The hugest changes were the ones that could not be seen – that’s where the real apocalypse lay: in people’s hearts, their souls, their beings."
- Dianna Hardy
"Lovely sight, the Apocalypse! But absurdity, without limits? No Sir! there have to be certain limits..."
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Great literary works are not measured by the number of words, but by the impact they create."
- Luffina Lourduraj
"Don't for God's sake speak as saint to sinner, but as you yourself to me myself - poor me!"
- Thomas Hardy
"A woman may develop wrinkles and cellulite, lose her waistline, her bustline, her ability to bear a child, even her sense of humor, but none of that implies a loss of her sexuality, her femininity"
- Barbara Gordon