Heine

“His old right hand lay nerveless, listless, dead,
Unsceptred; and his realmless eyes were closed;”
― John Keats, Hyperion A Fragment

“The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbour to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.”
― Roger Zelazny, Nine Princes in Amber