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“HUGOTONTHEONBIQUIFFINARIANS.”
― Francis Grose, Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence

“MARE'S NEST. He has found a mare's nest, and is laughing at the eggs; said of one who laughs without any apparent cause.”
― Francis Grose, Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence

“The writing of history is often another way of defining chaos.”
― Peter Ackroyd, Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors

“The cure for tonsillitis was inspired. ‘Take a fat cat, skin it, draw out the guts and take the grease of a hedgehog and the fat of a bear … All this crumble small and stuff the cat, roast it whole and gather the grease and anoint the patient therewith.”
― Peter Ackroyd, Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors

“God”
― Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob

“think alcohol is worse than other wares? People need to drink, life is hard!”
― Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob

“Life is so uncertain: you never know what could happen. One way to deal with that is to keep your pajamas washed.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84