Angel

“I would like my personal reading map to resemble a map of the British Empire circa 1900.”
― Nick Hornby, Housekeeping vs. the Dirt

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“How do people, like, not curse? How is it possible? There are these gaps in speech where you just have to put a "fuck." I'll tell you who the most admirable people in the world are: newscasters. If that was me, I'd be like, "And the motherfuckers flew the fucking plane right into the Twin Towers." How could you not, if you're a human being? Maybe they're not so admirable. Maybe they're robot zombies.”
― Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ”
― George Orwell