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“One Babylonian roué, arraigned before a judge in about 1800 BC, testified, I swear that I did not have intercourse with her, that my penis did not enter her vagina; not, one reflects, the last time someone has got off on that technicality.”
― Irving Finkel, The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood

“I wrote it to do this for myself, and it’s seemed to have the same effect on a lot of other people. I can’t explain it. Perhaps I’ve inadvertently written a self-help book.”
― Neil Gaiman, Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“The prospect of spending an evening by himself with his pipe and a book was so agreeable that it made the misery of that journey across the lake positively worth while.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Ashenden Or the British Agent

“Death so often chooses its moments without consideration.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Ashenden Or the British Agent