Nadir

“A la guerre comme à la guerre...On ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser les oeufs... Il vaut mieux frapper un innocent que laisser filer un coupable.”
― Mouloud Mammeri, L'opium et le bâton

“For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Does Big Brother exist?"
"Of course he exists. The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party."
"Does he exist in the same way as I exist?"
"You do not exist.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
― Muriel Rukeyser