Ivan

“Many a time, in my political indifference, I was secretly amused to see him swinging between anti-semitism and his passion for nut cake.”
― August Kubizek, The Young Hitler I Knew: The Memoirs of Hitler's Childhood Friend

“The ideal architect should be a man of letters, a skillful draftsman, a mathematician, familiar with historical studies, a diligent student of philosophy, acquainted with music, not ignorant of medicine, learned in the responses of jurisconsults, familiar with astronomy and astronomical calculations.”
― Vitruvius

“Yes, Doc, I'm not feeling too well.'

Which was true enough, Kwang Meng considered.

He had honestly not been feeling too well since he contracted poverty, loneliness, boredom, sexual frustration and periodic coughs and colds. Not to speak of his dreary job.”
― Goh Poh Seng, If We Dream Too Long

“It was at Long Huruk that we encountered the vortex of the dream time of which we had so far only touched the periphery, for this was the semi-nomadic community of mystics and dream wanderers. As we tottered up the bank towards the crumbling longhouse, Nanyet came purposefully down and embraced us both – an unheard-of greeting between Indonesian strangers. He”
― Lawrence Blair, Ring of Fire: An Indonesia Odyssey